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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/01/05
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Linda Reining ('64), David Rivers ('65)
Dan Ham ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ann Engel ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: MaryAnn Weiland ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis Haskins ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anne Peterson ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Paula Saucier ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kim Edgar ('79)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Jim Jensen ('50)
Okay, that "subdural hematoma" thing sounds just a bit scary... what
is it? I know "Hawkeye" used it on M*A*S*H a lot, but I didn't know
what it was then, either. Sure hope things are okay. Maybe you need
to get a second opinion?????? Take care, my friend.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ we are still sweltering with triple digits in
Bakersfield, CA and no end in sight! This is just
plain miserable!!!!!!!
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Today is your birthday! Monday August 1
Dun dun dun dun dun dun da dun. Whhhhhhhhopppppeeeeeeeee... the day is
very special in one household in Bomberland... I can see it all now...
the Hubby lets the birthday girl sleep late... then wakes her with a
little breakfast in bed... strawberries and cream... with the biggest
rose she has ever seen lying on the tray... they cuddle and coo for the
morning and then off to shop for her gift which he has practiced self
restraint for the last month thinking she'd love this or that... but
he has managed to wait because on this most special day he wants her
to pick out just the right gift for her... he hands her a card that
professes his undying devotion and off they go... later it is dinner
by candle light in a little out of the way place he knows she loves...
Can't take her to the place he took her on the first date because...
it's a bit of a drive back to Richland and besides... Zip's fries and
tartar sauce just wouldn't be as special as the little bistro... by
then they are a bit tired and they lie back and remember the days at
Col-Hi and the love that bloomed so long ago and marvel at the time
that has passed and the strength of their relationship... Another
perfect day in Bomberland for the Birthday girl and her loving Freddie
('63)... tho it may not happen exactly as I predict... one thing is for
sure... the Birthday girl is very special to all of us!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANN ENGEL SCHAFER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Dan Ham ('72)
I think I can help Mike Davis ('74) out with his "what-ever-happened-
to" questions about some of the old Chief Jo teachers:
Harold Richards - Shop Teacher - went into business for himself where
he made custom ordered "hack" paddles. He was on the verge of a major
breakthrough when he developed a cedar wood paddle (the 64 hole model)
with Titanium shaft for better follow through. Light weight enough so
that even Mrs. Sherrard could use it without having to send you across
the hall to Mr. Bell. I believe the business folded before he could get
it out into the market when, unforeseeably, corporal punishment was
banned in schools.
Mary Ann Ford - Art Teacher - Mary Ann was forced into early retirement
from Chief Jo due to stalking from a full 90% of all the boys in
school. She does however, live on in my little fantasy world (c'mon,
you had them, too).
Sorry, these are the only ones I know about for sure. Hope it helps
answer some of your questions.
-Dan Ham ('72)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/02/05
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Betti Avant ('69) and Mike Davis ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rufus "PJ" Pedersen ('48)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick Staley ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Earl Hall ('70)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis Strege ('71)
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HIGHLIGHT: Picture sent to this editor (personally) and the claim is
that the picture was taken "on the Hanford site on Monday near the
Columbia River" and titled "Swimming out by 100-F and H". HOWEVER, I
see the date stamp on the photo looks like it was taken 8/3/04.
At any rate, what a cool picture:
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2005/Xtra/050802-HanfordSwimmingHole.jpg
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Well, the first day of work wasn't too bad. Lots of paper work, having
2 different ID cards with pictures made, and the afternoon spent on a
computer doing some required "learning" and tests. Tomorrow will be
much more of the same; getting the car registered and I'm sure lots
more paper work. The Department of Defense really makes one do a whole
lot of things before you can ever start actual work. Oh well, such is
life.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Lacey, WA
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
To: Dan Ham ('72)
You spoke of the "64 hole model" of Harold Richards, but failed to
mention the "Ham Slam." I believe you were the only one to have his
own official hack board. Must have been a problem student!
As for Mary Ann Ford.......maybe!
Take care,
-Mike Davis ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/03/05
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty Hiser ('49) and Patti Jones ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Larry Noble ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Amanda Engel ('97)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARIES Today:
Bill Johnson ('57) and Joyce Lynn Green ('57)
George Zielinski ('65) and Debra Anne Crane ('71)
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
Missed writing - haven't felt too good - the heat if getting to me.
Thursday and Friday it is supposed to get over 101. BOO HISS!!
The boat races are over (don't asked me who won). I am not interested
in racing of any kind. Guess now everyone will be in a mad dash to get
the kids ready for school.
Going to Seattle tomorrow to see my eye doctor. I have glaucoma and
have to go up once a year to make sure that it is not progressing.
Had two surgeries so hopefully everything will be OK. It is supposed
to be cooler in Seattle.
Hope everyone is okay
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland - Too blankety
blankety HOT.
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
and Vera Smith Robbins ('58)
Re: ALL BOMBER LUNCHEON Richland
Reservations must be made by emailing me or Vera by August 11, 2005.
Reservations can also be made by phone.
Luncheon announcement will appear in the Sandstorm the week before the
luncheon and the week of. The place in West Richland was chosen (about
a minute from the border of Richland) because of size, good food and
price. If we outgrow JD Diner we have a back up in Richland that is a
little more spendy.
WHEN: Saturday August 13, 2005
WHERE: JD Diner, 3790 Van Giesen, West Richland, WA 99353
Use to be Coney Island
(Light green building just past the Yakima River bridge)
TIME: 1:00 P.M.
PRICE: Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served all day.
Prices range from $4.50 - $13.95 add drink, tax and tip
Bomber spouses and friends are welcome! Looking forward to also seeing
out-of-town Bomber visitors at times.
Bombers Have Fun
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) and Vera Smith Robbins ('58)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/04/05
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Barb Isakson ('58), Judy Link ('59)
Lola Heidlebaugh ('60), Mike Brady ('61),
Mike Howell ('68WB), Larry Crouch ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roger Fishback ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Ken Dall ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Heidlebaugh ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judie Heid ('68)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Mike Sams ('65) & Mary Bennett ('69)
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>>From: Barb Isakson Rau ('58)
Re: Class '58 Luncheon and Changes
Well, class of '58, it's our luncheon time again at O'Callahan's (the
Shilo Inn restaurant). 1:00 this Sunday, August 7th.
This will be our last lunch as just class of '58 but we can see each
other and some other Bombers the 2nd Saturday of the month. We will be
joining The All Bomber luncheon. It's been fun and I've enjoyed trying
to remind you and let you know but maybe we can get more classmates to
come at a different time and place and we can see other Bombers in
classes before us and after us. Sounds Good-right.
Re: Club 40 - RichlandClub40.org
Also another reminder is that Club 40 in September is coming real soon.
Friday, September 9 at the Shilo Inn. Food and Dance $20.00 per person
and $40.00 per couple. At the door its $5.00 extra.
Saturday, September 10, Activities at the Shilo Inn Dinner and Dance #
30.00 per person and $60.00 per couple and at the door its $5.00 extra.
$5.00 is 2005 Annual Club 40 dues required and is well worth the money,
gang! You get two newsletters (The DustStorm) a year.
Make Checks Payable to:
Richland High School Club 40
Mail to:
Club 40 Treasurer
17224 Woodcrest Dr. NE
Bothell, WA 98011
Don't forget the '58 Luncheon this Sunday, August 7th at the Shilo Inn.
Don't forget Club 40 in September 9th and 10th.
Your Classmate
-Barb Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Judy Link Crampton ('59)
Re: Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensational Program (EEOICP)
There have been several short entries concerning the EEOICP. At the
time I didn't pay much attention to them. But now my sister, Ann Link
Steckline ('63), and I have filed a claim in behalf of our Dad.
We filed in either August or September of 2004 and seem to have gotten
thru the early paper work OK. We did not have much documentation to go
on, just employment dates (which have been verified) and his death
certificate listing cause of death as lung, bone and brain cancers.
It has been 20 years since his death so no hospital records are
available and the doctor has died. So options are a dead end for us.
What Ann and I are wondering is, has anyone else filed a claim and how
did your process go? Also has anyone actually received a pay out and how
long did that take? We know we are probably looking at least a two year
wait but we would love to hear from any one else who has gone thru the
process or who is involved in it at this time.
Thanks to any of you who do reply.
-Judy Link Crampton ('59) ~ Gresham, OR
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
Re: 2005 Portland/Vancouver Bomber Picnic
DATE: Saturday - August 13, 2005
TIME: 11:00 - we'll start cooking about 12:00 noon
WHERE: Battle Ground Lake State Park
http://www.bgwa.com/battle_ground_lake.htm
(Note: $5 parking fee per car
DIRECTIONS: I-5 southbound: Take exit #14
I-5 northbound: Take exit #9
follow signs to city of Battle Ground. Drive to east end of town.
Turn left on Grace Ave. (in front of Foodliner Grocery), and follow
signs to park, approximately 3 miles from city of Battle Ground.
FOOD: Please bring a side dish - hamburgers, hot dogs, beverages &
paper goods will be provided.
RSVP: Lola - LoBow31837@aol.com so we know how many to plan for. Please
mention "Bomber Picnic" in your subject line.
Bring your annuals and your memories.
All Bombers, Spouses & Friends are welcome!
See you August 13!
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60) ~ ALWAYS A BOMBER
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
I've been coordinating the adult softball leagues for the city of
Seattle since February. All of the leagues will complete their season
by Sunday afternoon. Tonight, I'm at Green Lake presenting trophies to
their league winner. Last night I was at Montlake and the night before
at Ballard. Not a bad way to spend a retirement!
My older sister, Carol ('60), was in Juneau, AK a few weeks ago, and
lo and behold, Larry Coryell ('61) was playing a concert up there. Carol
and Larry spent about a half hour talking about the "good ole days."
When Larry started his second set, he talked about how he got his start
in Richland playing with the likes of Don Ott ('61), Beth Peterson ('61)
and the infamous Grant Ross ('61). You don't have to be a '59, '60 or
'61 grad to remember Grant's renditions of "Jailhouse Rock", "Blue Suede
Shoes", and "Good Golly Miss Molly!"
-Mike Brady ('61)
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>>From: Mike Howell ('68WB)
To: George Zielinski ('65)
Hi George
Happy Belated Birthday. If you happen to talk to your sister, Becky,
have her drop me a line will you? Thanks.
-Mike Howell ('68WB)
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>>From: Larry Crouch ('71)
Re: Interesting Info
Just a short note on the cool old cars from our past. I have a '65
Falcon sprint sorta rat sorta hot rod and last week my two grandsons
were visiting us... they thought it was greatest car ever... they would
just go out in garage and sit in it for hours. They played with the
window cranks and wing windows ash trays... they were fascinated 100%.
I took the 6 year old for a drive and let him sit in my lap.... I know
I'm horrible person for that but he LOVED it... we ran through gears
chirped the tires... he is hooked at 6 on real cars that shake, rattle,
and roll. He asked his Mom and Dad if he could get one....haha
-Larry Crouch ('71) ~ Grinning in Colorado
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/05/05
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10 Bombers sent stuff:
Lenora Hughes ('55), Margo Compton ('60)
Shirley Davis ('56) & Gloria Davis ('61)
Donna Bowers ('63), Gary Behymer ('64)
David Rivers ('65), Rod Brewer ('65)
Claudia Stoffel ('68WB), Vic Marshall ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Susan Erickson ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sue Nussbaum ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary McCue ('67)
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>>From: Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55)
Re: Las Vegas Bomber luncheon
Our Bomber luncheon will be this Saturday, August 6th. The time will be
12 noon and the location is the Road Runner at 9820 W. Flamingo.
Hope to see many Bomber friends there.
For information contact:
Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55) or Roberta Hill Karcher ('49)
BOMBER CHEERS!!!
-Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55)
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>>From: Margo Compton Lacarde ('60)
To: Judy Link Crampton ('58)
Re: EEOICP
My sister and I started our claim regarding EEOICP for our father in
March 2002. Your information sounds a lot like ours. Father passed away
a long time ago, not much in the way of medical records. He had bone
cancer. I have a file about four inches thick with all the paper work.
We finally got a ruling in June 2005. It was against our claim. So we
will get getting zip. But, I guess it is worth trying. They may figure
they have to pay out on some of the claims and you may be the lucky one.
Hope it goes better for you. If you need any help, please contact me.
-Margo Compton Lacarde ('60)
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>>From: Shirley Davis Lawrence-Berrey ('56) & Gloria Davis Tinder ('61)
To: 1955-1979 students of Julia Davis
Dear Richland Bombers,
Many of you have written over the years about having our mom, Julia
Davis, as an English teacher. We have appreciated every comment, and all
have been read to her. Tonight [8/4/05], at 7:00, our mom passed away
at the great age of 90. She would have been 91 in October. She had the
greatest passion for her teaching and remembered all her students -- and
each grade he or she had received over the years!! You may never have
known that, in addition to being an excellent teacher, she was a
wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother. She inspired us to always be
our best, and she left quite a legacy -- 2 daughters, 7 grandchildren,
and 13 great grandchildren who love her very much. Thank you for being
part of her extraordinary life!
Gratefully,
-Shirley Davis Lawrence-Berrey ('56) and Gloria Davis Tinder ('61)
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>>From: Donna Bowers Rice ('63)
To: Judy Link Crampton ('58)
I was a good friend of your sister Ann ('63), and lived down the street
from you on Perkins. I filed a claim for my father about 3 years ago-he
died of amelonotic (Marie Curies cancer) melanoma (a hangnail did not
heal 7 years after he had had the last of two overdoses of radiation on
his left hand (among 5 other kinds of overdoses). He was 59 while his
younger brother is still alive at 84, his dad died at 88 and his mom at
94. We think he died an early death due to his exposures.
What I noticed on my father's case was that the alpha and beta counts
changed significantly after the TLD was introduced instead of the
radiation badge. I wanted to understand why that happened because he had
not changed his job (carrying weapons grade plutonium to be cooled down)
so I became interested in the Int'l Journal of Radiation Units (ICRU
Journal), only 5 libraries carry it in the US-none in WA and only one in
the west coast, and it is no longer available online to anyone not in
the field. The way radiation is counted is a fascinating subject, and
one that has changed over the years. The way they figure your dad's
probability of death from his exposures is based on the probabilities of
deaths due to the exposures to radiation in Nagasaki and Hiroshima and
since not many died from skin cancer they give my Dad's melanoma a "0"
value to work with. The math just does not fit the exposures of my
father, and he does not fit the other probabilities even in the Hanford
study where they lean more toward beryllium/lung cancer even though that
is where his cancer finally got him. There is a theory that when 2
alleles are overdosed with radiation, they eventually will mutate into
cancer. That is what I think happened to my dad. I maintain their way of
figuring is faulty and they need to compare apples with apples, which
they are not doing (just how many people had overdoses while carrying
hot rods of Americium and plutonium on their left hand and what did they
die of).
I am not sure you can count on the doctors either, as when my Dad died
they distinctly told us that it was of Amelonotic melanoma and I see by
all his records now that it is just melanoma. Since the US Govt. is
responsible for both the measuring and monitoring of radiation, it is
only when you get a study done by epidemiologists that recognize that
there is a higher than normal rate of death at Hanford, that you even
get anything done. Of course, that is all explained by the Govt. backed
physicists by saying that the plants in Oak Ridge and England and
Hanford were dealing with different chemicals, or buildings or methods
or TLD's. So the study is not valid.
I want to wish you luck, we have been at this for 4 or 5 years now,
since I originally asked for all his records (Many of which I sat and
added up and did not come up with their totals). What I have learned is
that when most of us rely on Physicists and engineers and mathematicians
to come up with something to measure a complex problem in biology such
as radiation that their devices often are not adequate since we use
geometry as a base to solve the problems of biology. See: "The Fallacy
of Computers" and Stephen Wolfram's "A New kind of Science". Both books
as well as others recognize the limitations and scope of mathematics and
computers and biology.
I do not want to discourage you. We have had our personal interview
and are in the dose reconstruction phase. This has been an interesting
journey and I wouldn't change it at all because what I learned has much
more value in application to other things.
-Donna Bowers Rice ('63)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Richland Bombers took over downtown Colfax, WA, by storm this Thursday
evening, August 4th. In fine form and certainly reeling from their
recent triumphant Olympia & Dayton 3 on 3 tournament championships,
'Too Tall' House ('63) & Ray 'I'll Wax Nostalgic' Stein ('64), were in
top form reliving old Richland & new basketball stories.
I believe Mr. Stein recanted his earlier Alumni Sandstorm position on
a 'Days Pay' verses 'Atomic Bomb' birthing the namesake Bombers? Then
again it could have been the air conditioner right above our heads at
the Top Notch or it may have been the 26 grams of fat, in the burger,
and 64 ounce cokes they drank. Mr. House lived up to his accounting/
auditor's background by winning the, "Where are they now?" contest and
I'm sure Ray spent hours boning up on Class of 1964 nostalgia.
Gentlemen...thanks for the great visit....
-Gary Behymer ('64)
P.S. Anyone with old Bomber game films (probably 8mm) should
contact Ray or Jim who would be more than appreciative.
Concern was expressed by all over what seems to be lack of
readership participation in the Alumni Sandstorm. Have we
exhausted the B.S. barrel?
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Best buds
Oh sure... he's about as good a friend as I've ever had... the kinda guy
who will suggest "let's go get Bomber tattoos and you don't question it...
you just go get tattooed... and I see him every week for breakfast
and car stuff on Saturdays... and I don't think I've ever missed his
Birthday before... well not a whole bunch a times... like not 30 or
40... So... I gotta say I blew it... thought Lola ('60) had it covered
but all she talks about it Bomber Lunches... so Jimmy Heidlebaugh ('65)..
please forgive my thoughtlessness... and I have one... well two words
for you: "Sheet metal screws". And yes... we are 59 this year.
"60 in 06".
Now... on to the Bomber Babe birthday... this girl was the sister of
one of my other good buddies. She has always been a doll and a really
special lady to all of Skip's ('65) friends. Terry Davis ('65) and I
insisted a few years back that we were gonna make her little brother
participate in our Sorry 7 gatherings... we actually pulled him outa his
house one day... it was a very teary eyed reunion for all of us... But
Susan ('63) suggested that we let him alone and we have honored that
request... after all... she is a big kid and big kids know best... (yes
Jimbeaux and Number 32... I'm admitting it)... So it's just a nice
feeling to be able to say:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSAN NUSSBAUM REEB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David Rivers ('65)
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From the new ALL Bomber Alumni GuestBook:
>>From: Rod Brewer ('65)
COMMENTS: Strege, you out there?
-Rod Brewer ('65)
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>>From: Claudia Stoffel ('68WB)
Re: Belated Birthday wish...
Just missed the deadline on getting a Happy Birthday to Judie Heid ('68)
so better late than never. Hope that you had a great one...55...double
nickel...and now everywhere you look will be a 55 mph sign. Love you.
-Claudia Stoffel ('68WB) ~ Colbert, WA
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>>From: Vic Marshall ('71)
Re: Old Cars
To: Larry Crouch (71)
Larry- Glad to see you are enjoying driving old metal. Here in the
Detroit area, we are getting ready for 2 big car events. This weekend is
the Consours de Elegance which features about 100 old "Collectible" cars
displayed on the grounds of the old Dodge mansion grounds (now part of
Oakland University). These cars are not drivers, but rather carefully
restored show cars that are worth big $$$$. They do fire up a couple of
special cars every year (a couple of years ago, it was the winning car
from the initial Indy car race back in the 1920s).
The really cool event is the Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday, August
20th. Woodward Avenue was the place all the kids cruised back in the
'50s-'70s with about 5 infamous drive-ins- all gone now but 1. It
started out about 10 years ago with a few old car buffs and has grown
to be "the world's largest one day car event". The cruising route is
3 lanes in each direction over a 6 mile section of Woodward- and it's
bumper to bumper for about 12 hours that day- PLUS there are cars parked
(LeMans style) along both sides of the street. It's a car lover's
dream- many muscle cars and hot rods but also old family favorites like
the Rambler/Nash or Studebaker. It gets to be sensory overload after a
while. I don't know where all the cars come from- you don't see that
many- even on nice days but about 2 weeks before the cruise- they start
coming out of the woodwork. So if anyone is planning to be in the area
that weekend- plan to check it out. You can get more details at
http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/
Bomber Cheers
-Vic Marshall ('71) ~ Beverly Hills, MI
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/06/05
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Wally Erickson ('53), Sharon Panther ('57), Lola Heidlebaugh ('60)
Mary Ray ('61), Linda Reining ('64), Deb Bosher ('67)
Mike Davis ('74), Yvonne Ling ('75), Teresa Barber ('78)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Caroline Westover ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kay Lynch ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mike Sheeran ('66)
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>>From: Wally Erickson ('53)
To My Loving Sister
Wishing a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister Susan Erickson Kuntz ('59)!!!!!!
I did call her today [8/5/05] to wish her Happy Birthday.
I would like to share some memories of her "teasing" brother. We lived
in an "A" house on Putnam St. We had our separate bedrooms; but, a
couple of times I would sneak into her closet while she was in the
bathroom getting ready for bed. When she went to the closet to hang her
clothes... I would be in the far corner of the closet where she couldn't
see me. I would shake the hangers and she would ask... "Wally, is
that you?" I also remember getting under her bed while she was in the
bathroom and when she got into bed, I would push up on the mattress!!
Again, Sue would say "Wally, is that you? Stop it or I'll call Dad." We
have talked about those times and we end up laughing about it! Great
memories... thanks, Sue for being the best Sister in the World!!!!!!!!!
That's what big brothers are for... right!! Just wanted to get my
Sister ready for the real world?????
Any other Big brothers out there that have a story to share????????
-Wally Erickson ('53) ~ It's been Hot in Coeur D'Alene this week,
although we're about 10 degrees cooler than the Tri-Cities!!
Went swimming in Lake Coeur D'Alene today at Sunup Bay and the
water was perfect!!!!!!!!
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>>From: Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
Re: EEOICP
We came to Hanford in 1944. Mother started a claim over a year ago on
my dad's behalf. My dad was plagued with skin cancers for years and was
treated locally by a plastic surgeon. He also had colon cancer. The
doctor, still living, refused to release any records re the skin cancer
treatment. Mother was told early this year that she would be getting
nothing also. However, I worked at F area in the early 1960s with
a millwright who contracted prostate cancer a few years ago after
retiring. He submitted a claim and was awarded $150,000 in a short
time. Go figure.
-Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
Apologies to little brother - Missed your birthday in the Sandstorm!
Remembered to send a card to your house - hope you're having a wonderful
time in Alaska!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JIM HEIDLEBAUGH ('65)
Thanks to David Rivers ('65) for the scolding - you're right - seem to
have the Portland/Vancouver 2005 Picnic on my mind (what there is of it)
lately!
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
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>>From: Mary Ray ('61)
To: Gloria Davis Tinder ('61) and Shirley Davis Lawrence-Berrey ('56)
My condolences to you both and to the rest of your family on the passing
of your mother, Julia Davis. Your mother always made me feel welcome in
your home and I can assure you as a teenager not always sure of herself
it did not go unnoticed or unappreciated.
You are both a testament to Julia's success as a mother and the respect
of her many past students at Col-Hi is a testament to her success as a
teacher. There could be no two more worthy accomplishments. Be grateful
that your mother was blessed with a fulfilling life and the good fortune
of living long enough to experience the joys of being a grandparent.
Whenever someone I know or once knew passes away one of my favorite
quotes always comes to mind:
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your
life in such a manner that when you die the world cries and you
rejoice.
I feel sure your mother is rejoicing.
-Mary Ray ('61)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
Re: EEOICP
For those wondering if the Government pays on these claims---yes, they
do. My dad passed away in 1992, from liver cancer. I think I heard about
this compensation in 2001 or 2002, I contacted my step mother and she
applied for the claim. It took almost 2 years, but she was awarded the
entire amount of the compensation.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA -we have had 27 days of triple
digit temperatures, with a break of 99° and now we are back on
triple digits and, if you can believe the weather people, we
will have triple digits till the end of August and possibly
into September!!! UGH!!!!
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>>From: Deb Bosher Neuroth ('67)
To: Judy Link Crampton ('58)
My sister and I also filed a claim for our dad 4 years ago. We also have
a thick file and many, many hours of research, but records were not kept
that well at Hanford back then and there appeared to be a lot of grey
areas. Dad's file was actually lost once during this claim process and
once they claimed we hadn't done the phone interview, which we had, but
took time to straighten that out. (keep a paper trail). They got hit
with many thousands of claims - many more than anticipated - and had to
reorganize. I wonder if that is why so many are being turned down...
My sister and I requested a phone interview with the people running the
dose reconstruction and were told dad hadn't worked there long enough
to develop cancer according to their guidelines, (1951 to diagnosis in
1962). I commented that it seemed strange that they can come up with
that kind of time table considering the knowledge of cancer is so
limited we can't find a cure. Anyway, hope you are more successful, we
really wanted accountability and are completely disillusioned. You might
consider hiring an attorney. I know some of you don't approve of these
claims and that is your right, but I hope we don't get into that again.
-Deb Bosher Neuroth ('67)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
Gary Behymer ('64) stated in yesterday's Sandstorm the following:
Concern was expressed by all over what seems to be lack of
readership participation in the Alumni Sandstorm. Have we
exhausted the B.S. barrel?
Okay, I'll stir things up a bit. Let's talk about a topic that has
been discussed in the past, but not much has been mentioned recently.
Specifically, Dawald Basketball Era vs. Teverbaugh Basketball Era.
Although there were many fine teams and excellent players during the
Dawald years (1947(?)-1970), the finest years of Richland basketball
occurred during the Teverbaugh years (1971-1977, or was it 1978)
The only year a Teverbaugh team did not make it out of the District
tournament was 1976 (the beloved Bicentennial Bummers). Every other team
made it to the state tournament highlighted by the 1972 championship,
followed by runner up finishes in 1973 and 1974. Coach Teverbaugh
still has the highest winning percentage of any coach in the state of
Washington with most of those victories right here at Richland.
During the 1970s Richland was a "mass production plant" of basketball
talent. Teverbaugh began his career with two of the most dominating big
men in RHS history with Pat Hoke ('72) and Steve "Bear" Davis ('72-RIP)
(Did I mention he was my brother?) The duo combined for nearly 2000
points over their three year career and topped it with a state
championship in 1972. The team was not just the two big guys as
they were joined by Dick Cartmell ('73), Dean Thompson ('72), and
Steve Neil ('72). Off the bench was 6'5" Bryan Coyne ('72) and guard
Jim Kasey ('72), both would have started on any other team in the
conference. Those years were followed by the Mike Neill years of
1973-75 and three final four appearances in Seattle.
Although most supporters from the 1960s will claim Ray Stein ('64) was
the finest there has ever been, he can only be considered second best.
I lived next door to Jim House ('63) during those years and idolized all
the Bombers that use to come over and play on his court. My favorite was
no doubt Ray Stein. He was Godlike in the eyes of this eight-year-old.
In fact, one time I got to play Ray a game of HORSE. (I doubt he would
even remember this) I was the little neighbor boy that was always
looking through the fence admiring these "bigger than life" players.
During a lull in the action between games Ray challenged me to HORSE.
Being the kind young man that he was he let me beat him. (Of course, I
didn't realize that at the time) I went home, grinning for ear to ear,
telling everyone I just beat Ray Stein in a game of HORSE. I was the
greatest player on Earth!!!!
Having said this and with no disrespect to Ray, my childhood idol, Mike
Neill was the best there has ever been. I recently found the all-time
career leading scorers in Washington High School Basketball. If I
remember correctly Mike was listed at sixth or seventh (Roger Fishback
could tell you this) with a total of over 2,000 points! Keep in mind,
these were the years of three-year high schools. All the other players
listed above Mike were four-year players. (There may have been one
three-year player above him) 2,000 POINTS!!! A stellar career is going
over the 1,000 points mark. He reached that mid way through his junior
year. Often lost because of his scoring ability was the other aspects of
his game. He was also the top rebounder for his teams and if you were
open he got you the ball. I always like to tell the story of Mike as an
eighth grader at Chief Jo Junior High. Mike averaged 24 points a game
that year. Keep in mind that the junior high games were only 24 minutes
long in those days. Another junior high story... remember what a big
deal it was to play on Piippo's Varsity as an eighth grader? I can
remember Pat Harty and Randy Lee and Steve Neill doing the feat as I'm
sure there were others. It was a remarkable feat. Mike came out of Jason
Lee Elementary School and started on Piippo's Varsity as a 7th grader
and averaged 19 points a game, I might add.
So, Ray, you were a great one, and brightened the eyes of many young
boys in this community, but I could only give you Number 2. (There you
go, that should get some of you pre-Teverbaughers worked up. I fully
expect to hear from my old neighbor, Jim House in Ray's defense!! tee
hee)
I cannot close without mentioning other good players during the
Teverbaugh years. The likes of Bruce Wallace, Jim Thompson, Paul
Rinehart, Leroy Stevens, Cam Mitchell, Kelly Euitineur, Roger
Sonderland, Rooster Anderson, Mike Aichele, Rick Slater, Keith Prichard,
etc... all good players in their own right. Also, Coach Teverbaugh
molded sophomores Brian Kellerman and Bob Kennedy, two future state
champions for Coach Phil Neill.
The basketball of 1950s and 1960s was great to watch, but the peak of
Bomber basketball was definitely the 1970s with Coach Teverbaugh.
Okay, let me have it!
-Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Yvonne Ling Deshayes ('75)
http://richlandbombers.1975.tripod.com/reunion.html
Could you put a message in for the Class of 1975 Reunion for
August 11, 12, 13 and 14th. Website listed above.
Thanks
-Yvonne Ling Deshayes ('75)
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>>From: Teresa Barber Wise ('78)
Re: Mrs. Davis (RIP)
I was sorry to hear of Mrs. Davis' passing. I do not remember very
many teachers but I remember her. She was not only a great teacher but
you could tell she had a passion for kids. I'm sure she will be sorely
missed.
-Teresa Barber Wise ('78)
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Laura Dean Kirby ('55), Mike Brady ('61), Gary Behymer ('64)
Linda Reining ('64), Terry Liechty ('64), Betti Avant ('69)
Greg Alley ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Bobo ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michael Peterson ('77)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Fred Schafer & Ann Engel ('63)
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>>From: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
Re: Basketball
OK Mike Davis ('74)...here it comes. We all experience our "glory
days" of high school basketball and always think our years were the
best. Best coaches, best players etc. I don't know much about the
game. You'll have to refer to Tom Tracy ('55) for the details, but it
seems to me we went to state several times when Dawald was coaching.
I am not trying to diminish the accomplishments of Teverbaugh, but we
had some great players in the fifties too. (Tell him, Tom) and as far
as spirit... there is no comparison with the way the "old boys gym"
rocked when we heard the fight song and the fabulous five took the
floor.
I'm betting your way of inciting a riot VIA Sandstorm will awaken
several sleeping dogs.
-Laura D. Kirby Armstrong ('55)
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Re: Ray Stein ('64)
As a gym rat on Saturday morning at Chief Jo, I remember playing
basketball with Ray Stein. He was in the 6th grade and I was in the
9th grade. I remember thinking, "this little kid isn't too bad, but
he needs to work on his ball handling skills!"
-Mike Brady ('61)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: Bomber Basketball & the Like...
As we all should realize by now, the late '50s & early '60s cannot be
compared to the seventies and certainly not the eighties. Most of you
younger folk are probably not aware that the 'roundball' was NOT round
in the earlier years. I would expect 'Too Tall' House ('63) to tackle
that issue.
Another member of the Class of 1964 MUST be mentioned as 'deserving'
of the Mike Davis 'Finest' award'." Donald 'I'm a late bloomer'
Parsons, who never played as a Richland Bomber, did start two years
for the Columbia Basin Hawks and then had two more starting years with
the Montana Grizzlies.
I dare say that the finest & perhaps greatest basketball 'player' ever
to come out of Richland is/was Leslie Jacobson ('64). Leslie married
Byron Beck who played 2 years for CBC... 2 years at the University of
Denver... 9 years with Denver in the ABA and another year with Denver
in the NBA. If anyone desires to argue the point that Leslie is NOT an
equal partner with Byron please feel free to give MR. Beck a call.
-Gary Behymer ('64)
P.S. Greatest pre-Dawald/Teverbaugh player - Gene Conley ('48)
Greatest 'clutch free throws' - David Simpson ('63)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
didn't have an older brother, but I did have a younger brother who
terrorized me! Tim ('71WB) did his best to make things interesting.
We would go camping, he would find anything that resembled a snake,
then throw it towards me, yelling, "snake, Linda!" and then laugh till
he cried, watching me run in place and get absolutely nowhere!!!!
Remember the cemetery near the Uptown? (can't remember the name of
the street [Williams]). We would walk home from the Uptown Theater and
had to go right by that cemetery... he would go in there and hide
amongst the graves and headstones... I was too scared to go in after
him, so I would stand on the outside of the fence and yell for him to
come out!
We had cousins who lived in Minnesota and they had outdoor plumbing
(no locks)... he found it very funny to open the door at the wrong
times!! It's a wonder he survived my youth!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ hotter than you know what in Bakersfield, CA!!!
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>>From: Terry Liechty ('64)
Re: Toivo Piippo
Years ago, sitting in health class with Mr. P the subject came up
about the Russians taking over the world. Mr. Piippo told us not
to worry about the Russians. He said that the threat would be from
the Chinese. That seems today to be almost prophetic. Consider how
dependent our lives are on things made in China. I had a glass of
apple juice and the container said, "concentrate from China".
-Terry Liechty ('64)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
To: Mike Davis ('74), aka BooBoo
The only thing I can say about the Dawald vs. Teverbaugh debate is
they both had the best players available to them at the time. If Ray
Stein ('64) had played for coach Teverbaugh it still would have looked
great for the Teverbaugh era and vice versa. I grew up watching
Stein, House ('63), and others play their game for coach Dawald and
even had him for Government my senior year. Coach Teverbaugh came
after I graduated but I saw some of his coached games, also. In fact
my brother, Howard ('72-RIP), managed that '72 championship team and
he was very proud to be part of it. Players can make or break a coach
so to speak. That is what I have to say on the subject.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Lacey, WA, HOT-HOT-HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>>From: Greg Alley ('73)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
Mike makes a very good argument about Bomber basketball. It's hard
for me to choose cause I started watching in about 1960 so I saw some
players and missed some good ones too. I enjoyed every minute of
watching hoops at Dawald gym. The 1974 team was a good one and went up
against one of the greatest teams in state history (Garfield), or so
they were rated as one of the best of all time. The team was missing
one ingredient, a great small forward. Mike Davis chose not to
participate that year. I use the term small with Mike very loosely.
In the 1972 annual you will see Mike, number 40 in your program and
number one in your heart. Mike chose the winter to study for his
latest work, public address announcer for Finley football and
basketball. I hear he is quite good and I think he studied under
Harey Caray or Howard Cosell.
I also recently attended the new indoor football league, The Tri-City
Fever won it all in their first year of existence. I don`t know there
class years but Josh Jelmberg caught 2 TD passes and Jeremy Bohanon
played a fine defensive back. 2 Bombers. 6000 people screaming in the
Tri-Cities coliseum was pretty fun.
-Greg Alley ('73) ~ In the hot box desert known as Richland in
August where it's great outside in the afternoon if you
are a rattlesnake.
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike Clowes ('54), Jerry Swain ('54)
Shirley Collings ('66), Mike Davis ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bruce Strand ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Grant Ranlett ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gordy Edgar ('78)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jennifer Harden ('96)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Jim Adair ('66) & Kathie Moore ('69)
ANNIVERSARY Today: Gary Behymer ('65) and Janis Cook ('65 Lion)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: Reminders
The Portland/Vancouver Picnic at Battleground State Park is a mere 6
days away (by the time you read this). Saturday, August 13, is getting
closer, even as we read. Let Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60) know you're
coming and we'll put a burger or hot dog on the grill for you.
The Annual Club 40 weekend is also fast approaching. If you are
planning on attending and haven't coughed up the dough for the food;
here's an incentive: At the door the prices go up another $5.00 per
head, per meal. So, please, get those registration forms in. If you
didn't get one, go to http://richlandclub40.org and scroll down to
the form markers. There are three, one for the Class of '55, one for
the Class of '60, and one for everyone else.
Re: The Latest Figures Dept
The most recent count is in for those attending the wing-ding in
September; they stack up like this:
Class of '45 - 2
Class of '46 - 1
Class of '47 - 2
Class of '48 - 3
Class of '49 - 6
Class of '51 - 5
Class of '52 - 15
Class of '53 - 10
Class of '54 - 16
Class of '55 - 66
Class of '56 - 4
Class of '57 - 6
Class of '58 - 5
Class of '59 - 5
Class of '60 - 40
Class of '61 - 4
Class of '62 - 1
Class of '63 - 1
Class of '70 - 1 (and for the same reason as last time)
If you don't see your class listed, or you think more should be there
from your class; get on the ball and tell your classmates about the
party.
Names of those attending are also on the Club 40 website (see above).
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ Albany, OR, where the big fight
is not over coaches but between the local papers and the
Weather Channel as to how hot the valley will be.
p.s. "Camping with Henry and Tom" opens this Friday at the
Majestic Theatre in Corvallis.
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>>From: Jerry Swain ('54)
Re: Tom McGuire ('54-RIP)
Classmates,
It is with great sadness that I report that Tom McGuire ('54) died
peacefully on August 4th at his home in Cottonwood, CA after a long
respiratory illness. His daughter Kathy was with him at the end.
Memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of the Flowers
in Red Bluff, CA on Wednesday, August 10th. Should anyone want an
address for the family, send me an email and I will send it to you.
Tom's wife Fran preceded him in death two years ago.
I will miss Tom, a long time friend from Lewis and Clark grade school
(6th grade).
-Jerry Swain ('54)
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>>From: Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
Re: Outlook Express question
Does anyone know how to override Outlook Express when I receive an
email with an attachment, and then I receive a message that OE removed
my access to view the following unsafe attachments? Some attachments
come through fine, but others don't. Our daughter was recently
married, and her friend sent copies of the pictures she had taken
using her digital camera. Why would they be considered unsafe?
Your help is most greatly appreciated ~
-Shirley Collings Haskins ('66) ~ Richland - where it is nice and
toasty. At least it cools down to the high 50s during
the night.
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
Re: Dawald Era vs. Teverbaugh Era
Yeah, the sleeping dogs awaken!
-Mike Davis ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/09/05
PEACE! It's still a good idea!
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Lenora Hughes ('55), Jim House (’63), Gary Behymer ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary May ('58WB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marj Qualheim ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gay Wear ('69)
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>>From: Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55)
Re: Las Vegas Bomber luncheon
The Bomber luncheon was on Saturday, August 6th and we had a nice
turn out for it. Hopefully we will continue to bring out the
"regulars" and the "new faces".
Those in attendance were: Roberta "Robbi" Hill Karcher ('49), Harvey
Irby ('64), wife, Carolyn (NAB), his father, Harvey, Sr. (NAB), Guy
Corrado ('62), his lovely daughter, Lisa Corrado (NAB) and Lisa's
friend, Rachel Konis who is from Spokane and will be teaching here
starting this fall, Nancy Moore ('70), Raymond Kelly ('63), Diana
Krueger Harter ('59), Gene Horne ('57) and Carol Bishop Horne ('57),
Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55) and husband Bob (NAB). A wonderful time
was had by all!
Our next luncheon will most likely be on the 1st of October and I will
be letting everyone know, so be sure and look for that one.
BOMBER CHEERS!!!!
-Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55) ~ In Las Vegas, NV - where it is hot and
humid, but bearable. We have warnings for possible thunderstorms
and some flooding, but it seems like it always manages to miss
our place, so we most likely won't see any of it.
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>>From: Jim House ('63)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
Okay, I will take the bait and address your topics: Art Dawald era vs.
Frank Teverbaugh era and Ray Stein ('64) vs. Mike Neill ('75). Like a
politician I will avoid a straight answer.
But first I must make the following disclosures. The only game I saw
Teverbaugh coach, he lost. The only game I saw Mike Neill play, he
lost. For 2/3 of my Bomber career I feasted on Ray's pinpoint passes
and continue to do so regularly in 3 on 3 games. Only Norris Brown
('57) and John Meyers ('58) played more games for Art Dawald than I
did, and the news I received in Vietnam that Art had mentioned me at
his retirement meant more to me than my subsequent orders return to
the USA. I am grateful for all he did for me. So my potential bias is
obvious.
Because I lived out of state from 1963 – 2003 my analysis is based on
what I read in "Bomber Mania", data in the alumni web site, and a few
discussions over Spudnuts with Roger Fishback ('62) who no doubt is
THE authority on these subjects.
Both Dawald and Teverbaugh came to Richland after winning consecutive
State Championships at smaller schools. (Maybe it is time for the
school district to use that criterion again). Teverbaugh only coached
at Richland for seven years ('71-'77) so I compared that to Dawald's
'56-'64 period. I know that is nine seasons but he did not coach in
1959 due to an illness and we should ignore my sophomore year 1961,
because... never mind.
Their records for the seven years are as follows:
Teverbaugh: 155 wins and 23 losses. One State Championship, 6 State
tourneys, placed 5 times (1,2,2,2,4), Two First Team All-State Players
(Hoke '72 and Neill '73-'75).
Dawald: 164 wins and 23 losses. One State Championship, 7 State
tourneys, placed 6 times (1,3,3,3,3,7); Five First Team All State
Players (N. Brown '56 & '57, Meyers '58, C. W. Brown '58, Wallace '62
and Stein '63 & '64. Art also coached several other All-State players
outside this period.
One could argue the data for these seven years slightly favors Dawald
even though it ignores his early years during the birth of Bomber Mania
and his later years when his victories declined. I will not choose
between them, they were both exceptional.
Instead, I will offer that coach Phil Neill ('66) simply had the best
Bomber team with the 1979 State Champions that won 26 consecutive games
and included three All State players Bob Kennedy ('79), Mark Hoke ('79)
and "Player of the Year", Brian Kellerman ('79).
Ray Stein ('64) vs. Mike Neill ('75)
No question that Mike was the greatest scorer in Bomber history and
reports indicate he was also a good rebounder; he was first team All
State 3 times. The team record during his years was 68 and 10.
Although Ray averaged 11 points less a game for his career, he was a
tremendous playmaker and rebounder. I might argue his defense was his
greatest attribute; he could lock down the opponent's best player and
could have humiliated others if he chose to. He made his teammates (see
me) better. He was first team All State twice and second team once. The
team record during his years was 69 and 8 although Ray did not play in
two of those losses because of illness).
However, neither of these guys meets my first criterion for
Greatest Bomber because they have no rings. Therefore I choose
Brian Kellerman ('79), State Champion and selected the "Outstanding
Player in Washington" that year.
I am sure all of those mentioned here would be embarrassed by this
banter and many others no doubt will be bored by it, but you asked
for it.
-Jim House ('63) ~ Mead, WA
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: Picture of the old Community Center / Rec Hall
Re: Picture of John Ball Elementary School in North Richland
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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3 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45), Carol Bishop ('57), Mike Brady ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Helen Bartlett ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mack Richardson ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis McGrath ('63WB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rod Collins ('67)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Saturday [8/6] was the 60th of the Hiroshima drop.
We will hear the same old crap about it not being moral or even
necessary, only more so. Most of the negatives will be from those
who were not around duting the War. I do know that the loss of life
would be frightful in the assault on Japan. I also know that all the
Classes of 1945 across the nation would have been cannon fodder. God
bless the avoidance.
Speaking of 1945, Thursday I will fly back to my first high School 60th
reunion in Mound, MN. As in Richland, old friends are always friends.
-Dick McCoy ('45), from the Class of '45,
Broncs, Beavers Bombers, and... Mohawks.
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>>From: Carol Bishop Horne ('57) --- for Gene Horne ('57)
Re: Terry Davis ('65), aka Terrance Knox
To: David Rivers ('65)
When can we expect to see Terry in the new tv show "Wanted"... we have
been watching for him to appear... will he be a regular??
-Carol Bishop Horne ('57)
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Jim House ('63) has gotta be right, because, after all, he's Jim House!
I also lived out of state during many of those glorious Bomber years
(1962 - 1980), but to me, the greatest basketball player of all time
(in the whole world, forever and ever) was Norris Brown ('57)! In my
mind, his exploits have gotten greater over the years. As a matter of
fact, I remember him crossing the half court line, jumping in the air,
twisting and dunking the ball with his back to the basket. Now that
was a circus shot! Seattle sports writers called him the "little Elgin
Baylor" who could dribble the ball off the backboard before shooting.
-Mike Brady ('61)
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2 Bombers sent stuff:
Tom Tracy ('55), Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Tom Tracy ('55)
To: Laura Dean Kirby ('55)
Richland has a litany of fine players. They are all my heroes. Those
who practiced, played ahead of us, with us or after us. We salute those
famous players of the '90s, '80s, '70s, and '60s. We often brag about
them to our co-workers, we also salute those from the '30s, '40s and
our own '50s. We enjoy a well-established history of green/gold
basketball players and coaches. We also have our share of non-players
(many probably don't know whether the ball is pumped or stuffed). Any
who fail to put Gene Conley ('48) in less than first place just don't
know basketball history and were probably overwhelmed during puberty--
that period of time wherein acne and hormones collide; causing any
sound or sight to be considered historically "generalizable". They
would tell us that "all aborigines walk in single file... because the
one they saw did". But we love them, tolerate them, feed them and
nurture them just the same.
Conley wasn't flamboyant. He didn't have to be. At 6'8", he could
strike out players with ease, some of which were too frightened to
stand in the box and bat against him; dash across the field afterward,
put on his spikes and win the high jump in a track meet. And in the
summer he could capture all the dolls at the carnivals when they came
to town and shut down the baseball throw or ring toss. He was also a
magnificent leaper. When he became a Celtic, the fanatical fans called
him "Jumpin' Geno" because he could defend against Wilt Chamberlain
better than anyone in the NBA (Wilt was the all time greatest player in
the game - bar none)... Chamberlain played two complete seasons in a
row without missing a minute of time) 160 games... nearly 50 minutes a
game... due to overtimes. Won the scoring title, the rebounding title,
assist and many others you can find on the internet. He also caused the
officials to install two new rules during his first year in college
because of his extraordinary talent. (He dunked his free throws---so
they had to install a rule that kept a free throw shooter from stepping
over the free throw line until the ball hit the rim) It was hilarious
to watch the rebounders standing on the line while Wilt dunked a free
throw! Conley could 'front' Wilt defensively and knock away or steal
any pass attempts made to Wilt. Once Wilt got the ball nobody could
stop him. Bill Russell's coach Red Auerbach said: "Chamberlain could do
anything... except beat Boston and Gene Conley". Auerbach also stated
clearly... "Gene Conley is probably the best athlete who ever lived."
(after coaching in Boston and getting to meet with Red and know him, I
think he was right about Gene Conley's athletic ability). One thing
besides Gene's smile and easy going spirit was his fine sense of humor.
Before someone jumps up and shouts Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan,
they should have seen Wilt at the UW against our famous hook shooter
(from the corner) Bruno Boin... the step out of bounds shot. Wilt took
one big step from the key swung his long arm and blasted that shot into
the upper deck... it sounded like a cannon... then he went back to
dunking his free throws. When an out-of-bounds play occurred under
the backboard, Kansas just passed the ball up over the backboard. Wilt
could jump to the top of the backboard, grab the ball and pull it
down for a slam-dunk to end all slam dunks. (think about it)... the
officials did and put in the second rule due to Wilt... "An out of
bounds play shall not occur directly under the backboard. Any pass or
shot thrown over the backboard shall be considered a violation." Before
long Wilt would have to meet Gene Conley and the Boston Celtics.
The Third Rule was made by the Boston Celtics... It was the "Jumpin'
Gino" Rule... Whenever Wilt came to town... Gene Conley ruled over Wilt
magnificently. Even Wilt agreed with that assessment. Besides pitching
for Boston, Gene probably represented his friends, family, community
and the game better than anyone in the history of Richland basketball..
I wish everyone could have seen him play. It is good to hear of our
other famous players coaches too... Richland has sent basketball
emissaries into many colleges, universities, military bases and
communities all over the world... we love them and guard their
reputations fiercely...
-Tom Tracy ('55)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
To: Jim House ('63), Mike Brady ('61), etc.
Your words are great arguments for who was second best. You'll have
to decide that yourselves. Good day.
-Mike Davis ('74)
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty Hiser ('49), Jerry Boyd ('52)
Laura Dean Kirby ('55), Pete Hollick ('55)
Jan Bollinger ('60), Josef Choate ('60)
Patti Jones ('60), Brad Upton ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nat Saenz ('71)
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
I always did think Gene Conley ('48) was the best. I knew zilch about
sports - I had a difficult time with games because of my sight and
hearing. Girls: Remember the "girls rules for basketball?" Hated them.
Especially since the girls only had the gym Tuesdays and Thursdays and
the boys Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. (In my sophomore year when the
school was built for 300 and we had a thousand students we (girls) were
sent to the auditorium for health classes on the days that we could
not use the gym.)
There are several fires in the area - 41,000 acres have burned near
Dayton (Pomeroy). Also a small one (so far) on the Hanford Reservation.
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland - HOT - we've
been in the high 90s - low 100s.
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>>From: Jerry Boyd ('52)
To: Tom Tracy ('55)
The gift of writing and facts are great. We go back a long way and hope
to see you at Club 40 on Friday night.
Brother Jim is planning to be at the Fifty Class Reunion for the Class
of '55.
Patsy and I have moved to Yakima and enjoying the Northwest again
-Jerry Boyd ('52)
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>>From: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
Re: Basketball
To: Tom Tracy ('55)
They say that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." There are
"stats" by which to measure, but if it's your little girl, she is a
winner!. Maybe the same can be said of athletes. Once you have seen
Lance win a race, Gene pitch, Tiger putt or Wilt dunk, they become your
favorite. You believe they are the best, and to you they are. You have
an emotional investment. Too bad we don't all have that opportunity. We
all know you can't compare apples and oranges, and sometimes statistics
lie. It takes a lot more than physical skill to be a great athlete the
same as it takes more than a great figure to be a beauty queen. I have
my favorites and most of you have never heard of them. I like apples
better and Spudnuts best!
-Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
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>>From: Pete Hollick ('55)
To: Tom Tracy ('55)
Wow, what a memory and your knowledge of what went on back in
"in those days" is truly impressive!
My favorite basketball player of the 1950s happened to be Tom Tracy.
Looking forward to our 50th celebration!
-Pete Hollick ('55)
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>>From: Jan Bollinger Persons ('60)
Re: Reunions Small and Large
It had been more than 45 years since Gloria Falls Evans ('58) had seen
her good friend Claudia Gomez ('60), so she was pretty excited to hear
that Claudia would be visiting her sister in Spokane this week. They
had a couple of get-togethers and on Wednesday we had a little Bomber
lunch with Claudia and our husbands at the Chic-A-Ria restaurant.
It was great to see her again and we had a wonderful gab-fest.
Unfortunately, she'll be flying back to the far-off land of Delaware
on Friday, but we hope she'll return one day.
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Seeing Claudia after all these years has increased the anticipation of
seeing a lot more classmates at our 45th reunion and Club 40 next
month. There are many I hope to see whose names do not yet show on the
registration list . . . time's getting short, y'all! There are only a
few days left to get entries for the Memory Book in the mail, as they
must be received by 8/22.
-Jan Bollinger Persons ('60) ~ Spokane, where temperatures have
moderated to the 80s and baby quail are still hatching. They
make such cute parades!
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>>From: Josef Choate ('60)
Re: House hunting in Richland
I need assistance in checking on residential real estate in Richland.
I would appreciate it very much if anybody knowledgable with the market
in Richland would contact me.
Bomber cheers,
-Josef Choate ('60)
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
To: Jim McKeown ('53)
Re: Coney Island
I'm not always slow in responding to things in the Sandstorm but lots
of company as well as working has kept me from responding in a timely
manner. I have been told that Dennis Barr's ('58) parents were the
owners of the Coney Island. Fun to read your great memories of the
Coney Island. Having good food there at a good price in early marriage
must have helped the pocket book.
Are you one of the McKeown's who lived on Acacia? If so our family
lived you on Birch. If I am right your family's home was right behind
Mary Marsh's ('56) family. One house south of Mary's family was the
Clarks and we were right across the street at 1307 Birch.
Recent happenings have taken me to Birch quite a few times. One of
those was spending the weekend with my sister Nina Jones Rowe ('65)
during her 40th reunion. When Mary Marsh's ('56) brother and mother
died I saw Mary. Mary said, she knew the lady who lived in our Birch
house. She was out of town at the time. Mary said "go by and introduce
yourself some time".
The time I chose was when during the weekend of Class of '65's reunion.
Nina said, "She wanted to go by all the houses where we had lived".
When we got to the Birch house I pulled my truck over. Nina immediately
said "What are you doing?" I responded with "Get out of the truck". She
followed along sheepishly. When I arrived at the door I knocked on it
not knowing what would happen. The lady living there answered with a
quizzical expression. I introduced us and within a minute she said
"Come in". Darlene gave us a tour. Caught us up on the remodeling that
had been done and what else would be happening. Darlene knew all the
history of who had lived in the area so our conversation was on the
same page immediately. Nina and I only disagreed on one thing in all
the hour we spent there about things that happened when we grew up.
One window out of all the inside of the house was still original.
Everything else had been changed. The window is sealed shut. We had a
good conversation about mom cooking and looking out the window over the
sink (where ever I have lived I almost always had a window over the
sink which I have always liked, reminded me of home). As we left
Darlene said to "be sure and come back". The next morning Nina and I
went to Denny's for breakfast. Darlene happened to be there and joined
us for brunch. I have been back to visit her at the Birch house. Who
would ever thought so many years later I would make friends with
someone at the Birch house... sure brings back the memories
Re: Class of '65 reunion
So many kids of our neighborhood on Birch to catch up with. Me being
the one of the older kids on the block I didn't want to miss anyone.
Between Nina and I, I think we saw most of them that were there. Met
many new Bombers also. Great thanks to the team who put on a good
reunion. Gregor Hansen ('65) is a fabulous announcer. We could hear
him all the way in the back of the room. DJ Jeff Michaels ('65) is an
outstanding DJ. Ever get a chance to catch him DJing, it is well worth
your time. He knows how to keep the people dancing. I think he does
weddings and all kinds of functions as a DJ. Right Jeff? At brunch
Sunday morning it was quite entertaining to listen to David Rivers
('65) and Terry Davis ('65) tell their stories of what they have done
as friends for years.
Re: Living in Richland area
So many things have happened since I have been here... time is flying
by. Soon be a year that I moved back. There are so many things to chose
from to do I haven't hardly begun to explore outside of Richland.
Memorial Day brought a new memory. I was told by Vera Smith Robbins
('58) to be ready as we drove to the cemetery for the ceremony that was
about to take place. There were over 850 huge American flags flying
through out the cemetery. The cars of people were driving in leaving
flowers so fast it was overwhelming. The ceremony that was presented
was tearful as it all was. This picture is Vera is at her the grave
site of her husband, Sam Robbins ('58-RIP) with the flags flying.
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Flat Top Park has quite a few nights of live music. The group memorial
weekend entertained us with lots of American Music. A brief time with
Columbia Basin College singers from the Broadway show "Oklahoma" made
it enticing to go see the show at CBC. Mary Lou DeMeyer ('59) sang.
Hydros weekend caught my granddaughter and I two evenings at the Art
Walk at Howard Amon park. What fun. Food was good, booth people were
interesting, lots of good items for sale. Much, much more but those
were my greatest highlights of recent times.
Re: Heat in Richland!
Guess I am one of the ones who thinks every minute of the hot weather
is fantastic. One of the reasons I moved back here. Sitting in the
glaring afternoon sun is so warming to my heart. Sitting as I did
Sunday on the patio of the Shiloh Inn watching the Columbia River
meander past Sunday afternoon was so relaxing. No I can't spend more
than about an hour in the sun at a time as I have not completely
acclimated as yet. Will happen though as I am doing everything I can
to spend time outside every day. No more dark gloomy Western Washington
for this gal.
Re: Utah group
To: Peter Kay Wheadon ('56)
Thanks for your picture of the Bomber get together and who was there
back on 7/12/05. Looks like everyone was having lots of fun. There was
talk back a while ago about getting an All Bomber luncheon going some
where in the Salt Lake Area. There are plenty of Bombers to have that
happen. Please if you get a group together again send an entry and
pictures to the Sandstorm as you did this time. Always so fun to catch
up with Bombers through pictures and an entry to go with it.
Re: Club 40 sign up
Hurry to get your reservations in to help make that job easier for our
lovely treasurer Ann Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49). We want her
relaxed to enjoy the reunion. Right Ann? She is one busy lady with all
her doings and family events, such as a family wedding being added to
her doings this summer. Of course if you get to know Ann she does love
to be busy.
Don't miss Club 40. Attending yearly gives opportunity to meet so many
Bombers that become new Bomber friends when ever you go again. Janine
Rightmire Corrado ('65) can attest to that. As she hugged me at the
class of '65's reunion saying with a big smile on her face and saying
"Aren't these reunions fun". Now how I got to know her was by attending
every year as she has been doing also. Are you going to be at Club 40,
Janine? I know you will enjoy.
Re: Bomber Basketball
The recent writing about coaches has been interesting. Well put
everyone! Thank you!
Now that I am close to writing a book guess I'd better sign off, get
outside and get some more tan. Eastern Washingtonians tan, they don't
rust like Western Washingtonians and I am proving it.
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) ~ Where the weather is perfect however it is!
The marine air seems to have flowed down the Yakima valley to
cool everything down a bit tonight.
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
Oh, yeah, that's right... Gene Conley ('48). Case closed.
Nice job, Tom Tracy ('55)!
-Brad Upton ('74)
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11 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Mike Clowes ('54), Chuck Holtz ('55)
Carol Bishop ('57), Ray Loescher ('57)
Derrith Persons ('60WB), Mary Judd ('60)
Helen Cross ('62), Gary Behymer ('64)
Rod Brewer ('65), Greg Alley ('73)
Mike Davis ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Clementson ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary Persons ('57)
BOMBER LUNCH Today: All Bombers
BOMBER LUNCH/PICNIC Today: Portland/Vancouver
BOMBER REUNION Tonight: Class of 1975
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: Latest Count Dept.
I know you've all been waiting with baited breath for a reasonably up-
to-date count of how many will be at the Club 40 Reunion (Friday, Sept.
9th to Sunday, Sept 11th). Well wait no longer
Class of '45 - 2
Class of '46 - 1
Class of '47 - 2
Class of '48 - 3
Class of '49 - 5
Class of '50 - 0 (nada, ziltch, none - wassamattayou?)
Class of '51 - 4
Class of '52 - 16
Class of '53 - 11
Class of '54 - 16
Class of '55 - 70 (I wonder why)
Class of '56 - 5
Class of '57 - 6
Class of '58 - 5
Class of '59 - 6
Class of '60 - 42 (party animals)
Class of '61 - 4
Class of '62 - 1
Class of '63 - 1
Class of '64 & '65 - 0 (you don't like us?)
Class of '70 - 1
For the names (and we do have names) registration forms and schedule
of events, check out the Club 50 website at: RichlandClub40.org
The Portland/Vancouver Bomber Picnic is today, Saturday the 13th. Don't be late.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ gotta agree with Tracy ('55) -
Gene Conley ('48) was the best EVER.
p.s. "Camping with Henry & Tom" opened last night, so you
have only 6 more chances to see it.
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>>From: Chuck Holtz ('55)
Re: Tom Tracy ('55)
I will have to agree with Pete Hollick ('55). It amazed me to see Tom
Tracy canning baskets from near half court, both right and left handed.
He didn't miss very often. Not many could keep up with him in Cross
Country either. Truly a great athlete!
-Chuck Holtz ('55)
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>>From: Carol Bishop Horne ('57)
To: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Re: Utah Bomber Reunion
Our daughter, Tracey Horne Scadden has been wanting to put on a Bomber
reunion for some time now... we know that there are a few Bombers in
the area... she lives in Roy, Utah as do the rest of our girls... 3 in
Roy and one in Brigham City... they are not Bombers... all graduated
from Ketchikan, AK... but have an interest in the Bombers...
If u would like to talk to her... email me and I will give you her
email address... she really is interested...
-Carol Bishop Horne ('57)
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>>From: Ray Loescher ('57)
Re: Norris Brown ('57)
The class of '57 should be heard from when it comes to remembrances of
Norris. Basketball was BIG TIME back in those years. Everyone knew the
Bombers were going to be in contention at state tournament.
If memory serves me correctly, Richland was ranked 1st in the state for
most of '57 with 22 wins in a row (It's true, I checked my annual).
Norris was the anchor of a balanced team of juniors and seniors.
Norris was so smooth. It seemed like he was just taking it easy when in
reality, other players were going all out just to keep up with him. He
made it look easy. What could he do? His ball handling skills were the
best. He could shoot from far out and he could dunk the ball as well.
And he was a team player. He was simply the best.
-Ray Loescher ('57)
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>>From: Derrith Persons Dean ('60WB)
August 13th!! and its not a Friday!!
Happy Birthday to my big brother!! Gary Persons ('57)
May you have many, many more!!
Enjoy your day, Bro
Love to you,
-Derrith Persons Dean ('60WB)
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>>From: Mary Judd Hinz ('60)
Re: Gene Conley ('48)
I just happen to be reading Hank Aaron's autobiography, "I Had a
Hammer", and I thought some of you might enjoy this little excerpt.
"On our team, it seemed like you had to hit somebody sometime to earn
your stripes. But none of us could top the time Gene Conley punched out
a Doberman pinscher. I was away at the All-Star Game at the time, but
the team was staying over in Los Angeles and a bunch of the players
were invited out to some Hollywood producer's house. Things got a
little carried away, and somehow a young actress ended up in the
swimming pool. I think she was the girlfriend of the producer, and he
told the players to get the hell out of there. Apparently, they didn't
get out fast enough, and that was when he sent the Doberman after them.
The way I heard it, Conley just turned around and flattened that dog."
-Mary Judd Hinz ('60)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
I've been enjoying the lovely Tri-Cities weather this past week, and
trying to visit relatives, which hasn't turned out to be as easy as
I'd expected. I finally got to walk along the Columbia Park river
walk, which is the best thing about the Tri-Cities in my opinion.
And I'm all excited to see the Lewis and Clark exhibit at the CREHST
museum. Glad I happened to pick up a flyer and learned it was there.
I had a brief visit with Elsier Walker, my 91 year old neighbor on
Olympia Street, and she is doing so well. And I had a nice visit with
the Finkbeiners tonight. Plan to be back next week to do some more
visiting with my mother, etc.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ drying out in this dry heat, but I love the
cool nights.
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: Living in the Palouse...
Some while ago...someone asked me why we live in Colfax? Here's my
answer in photos. Alison Meyer brings the Palouse farming area to
life with her photos. There should be six pages...enjoy!
http://www.alisonmeyerphotography.com/gallery.cfm?g=palouse
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: Rod Brewer ('65)
Thanks Tom Tracy ('55) and Jim House ('63) for your eloquent remarks.
Not only entertaining but probably logically flawless as well.
That said, I have to add that if the truth were ever know, I doubt
Richland has ever graduated a better athlete than Ray Stein ('64). My
support for that statement would take longer than I care to invest
without someone else buying the beer. I will say that as a b-ball
player, Ray definitely has several close green and gold peers. However,
as a total player - scorer, rebounder, defender and leader - I would
take Ray over any other Bomber.
A fan. '65
-Rod Brewer ('65)
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>>From: Greg Alley ('73)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
Who is your Bomber starting 5? I, of course, would not like to leave
anyone out but who is after Neill, Conley, Kellerman, Stein? We would
need a full squad and I`m sure it would be real hard to leave off some
great ones from a top 12 or starting five and a second team.
Remember this weekend, last night August 12th and tonight the 13th its
the class of '75 Bomber reunion. My wife Kathy Feaster Alley ('75) is
doing the organizing and it will be a great time. What's the saying,
be there or be square... I had to say it.
-Greg Alley ('73) ~ It's still hot but love the cool mornings and nice
late evenings.
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
To: Upton and the rest
Look at the numbers, kids!
No contest!
-Mike Davis ('74)
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Robert "Bob" Wedberg ('65) ~ 10/3/47 - 8/10/05
FuneralNotices.tripod.com/
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08/14/45 The Villager Headline: "PEACE! OUR BOMB CLINCHED IT!"
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45), Ray Loescher ('57)
Missy Keeney ('59), Helen Cross ('62)
Mike Davis ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Collings ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Richard Swanson ('64)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Gene Conley ('48)
To: good friend Tom Tracy ('55)
You have it right about Gene. I would add that he was voted most
valuable in both the Seattle and New York Hi School all star games
of 1948.
Also, when Russell, that great rebounder, was in the game with Gene,
our boy always jumped center. What does that tell you? Because his
brother Ray ('46 RIP) and I were best friends, I knew his whole family,
Mom, Dad, sister Billye ('61). His Dad looked just like Gene except
being nine inches shorter. A great family.
I like Greg Alley ('73) and his pick for top four, at least until
Kellerman. Very good, but thee were so many others I couldn't pick
even nine more.
-Dick McCoy, From the Tin Can Class of 1945
Bomber always
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>>From: Ray Loescher ('57)
Re: Bomber Basketball
I see other Bombers are recalling the great basketball players of
their era. The names are familiar. Gene Conley ('48). Who can argue
that one? Isn't he the one who started it all?
No one has said much about Chuck Curtis ('55), but he was a pretty
good one, too. He later played college basketball on a nationally
ranked team.
Tom Tracy ('55) -- He was the one kids my age wanted to emulate.
Norris Brown ('57) was awesome.
John Meyer ('58) may not have been the best center Richland ever had,
but I'd guess he could hold his own with any of them when it came to
rebounding. No wonder. Didn't he later play in the NFL?
There were many others who came along after '57. From what everyone
says about Ray Stein ('64); wow!
My comment about Norris Brown being the best still stands. I didn't
mean to say he was the best of all the great Bomber basketball players.
He was simply "the best" for me.
-Ray Loescher ('57)
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>>From: Missy Keeney ('59)
To: Ray Loescher ('57)
You are right, Ray! Norris Brown ('57) was "poetry in motion" on
the basketball court! I have wonderful Bomber basketball memories!
To: Mary Judd Hinz ('60)
Thanks for sharing that great Gene Conley ('48) story from Hank Aaron's
autobiography!
-Missy Keeney ('59)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
My condolences to Shirley Davis Berrey ('56) and Gloria Davis Tinder ('61)
on the death of your mother. I'm sorry I just couldn't get to the funeral.
I did talk to Rev. Mel Finkbeiner afterward.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
Greg "Boog" Alley ('73) writes:
Who is your Bomber starting 5? I, of course, would not like
to leave anyone out but who is after Neill, Conley, Kellerman,
Stein? We would need a full squad and I`m sure it would be real
hard to leave off some great ones from a top 12 or starting
five and a second team.
I'll agree with most of that four. Norris Brown and John Meyers would
have to be included, along with Stein, Kellerman and Neill. Honorable
Mention: Pat Hoke
Greatest Not to Play: Springboard Alley (a fine jumpshot, indeed)
-Mike Davis ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/15/05
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty Hiser ('49), Larry Mattingly ('60)
Judy Willox ('61), Mike Brady ('61)
Ann Engel ('63) and Freddie Schafer ('63)
Bill Scott ('64), Rick Maddy ('67)
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
I have both of the Villager papers (PEACE, etc.). Can anyone tell me
how to preserve them - they are getting kinda dog-eared. I know they are
supposed to be in acid free folders but where can you buy them? I buy
acid free folders for my postcards but they are not large enough for
the two papers.
I'm glad to see the discussions on great BOMBER basketball players. I
don't know if the rules for boys basketball changed through the years
or not - if so - then we would have to take each era. Aren't all Bomber
players great?
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland - weather has
cooled for a couple of days - HOORAY! But being August I'm
sure we will get more hot weather before summer leaves us.
Fire near Pomeroy/Dayton still burning - over 52,000 acres
and only about 45% contained.
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>>From: Larry Mattingly ('60)
Re: Storm Reminder
I was in N Central Iowa this week for the annual Pyrotechnic Guild
convention. I had to leave a couple of days early. On the way back to
the Minn-St Paul airport to fly home I had to sit with about 30 other
cars under a large overpass. It so reminded me of Richland in the '40s
and '50s. The sky turned almost black, the winds rose rapidly to over
50 MPH carrying all kinds of dirt, limbs, weeds, paper and so on.
Everybody stopped because the hail grew to the size of golf balls.
Then the rain hit. Large drops, very heavy. Some tried to drive on but
backed up as the wipers could not keep up and visibility out the
windshield was zero. The radio had emergency network messages saying
the storm was 40 miles wide and 20 miles deep and moving South at 30
MPH. We sat about 25 minutes or so. I phoned down to the convention and
told them what was coming. Heard later they had nearly 3-inches of rain
in 25 minutes. The fireworks that night were fired from a mud bog.
Thanks to whoever posted the Villager Paper for today. Nice reminder
of Hanford's origins. When I was packing things after my mother passed
away I found an original of that very paper and I have it in the family
treasures. I hope this fall and winter to have the time to finish
my den and work room upstairs in my shop building on the back of the
property. Then I will unpack, sort and clean all the items I have and
distribute them to younger members of our families who want to save
them for their children.
I am in hopes of getting back from my annual August-September trip to
Alaska in time for Club 40 this year.
Just as I was boarding my plane home this week I looked back at some
kid having a temper fit and screaming about something, and noted a man
about 35 with a yellow shirt with BOMBERS in green letters walking past
to another gate. I was past the door and could not turn back. No idea
who it may have been.
Thanks for all the opinions on basketball players and teams. I remember
what fun it was to have my dad take a bunch us over for the final game
when we won the championship. 1958 I believe??
"Happiness is the sky in bloom"
-Larry Mattingly ('60)
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>>From: Judy Willox (Classic Class of '61)
To: Mike Davis ('74)
Hey Davis---Mike that is; Class of '74; Reunion deserter; gotta tell
ya babe that your good pal Upton---Brad, that is; Class of '74; Reunion
visitor; was at Class of '75's reunion live and in person Saturday
night. Now if he can go to an underclassman's reunion and fit in
soooooo well, how the heck come you can't even get to your own class
reunion? Gonna let this fella show you up Davis? Don't let Upton one-up
ya kiddo. ;o)
And while I am at this, I gotta say that ALL the basketball players
that have been talked about in the Sandstorm lately are ALL great!! My
personal favorite? Since I watched him in city league, I gotta say that
Norris Brown ('57) was mine! Like Ray Loescher ('57) said, "He made it
look easy!" I wish I could have been old enough and young enough to
have seen them all play!
-Judy Willox (Classic Class of '61) ~ Richland ~ where the weather is
turning to perfect and another reunion down. Now on to Club 40
in September. Hope to see many of you there!
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Re: Chuck Curtis ('55)
It seems most of us forgot about Chuck Curtis ('55). He's got to be in
the top ten out of RHS. According to Marv Harshman, Chuck was one of
his all-time favorites. I believe Chuck made small college All-American
at Pacific Lutheran University and went on to play professional
basketball.
It's not hard to argue that Gene Conley ('48) was the greatest athlete
to come out of RHS and one of the best of the 20th century. It's
amazing to me that he had a 3-4 year playing gap between the
time he played with Celtics and the Knicks and continued to have a
successful basketball career while playing professional baseball for
Boston, Milwaukee and Philadelphia among others.
But in my mind, Norris ('57) will always be the greatest!
-Mike Brady ('61)
P.S. Do you remember 6'8" Wayne Moss ('54)? He went on to play
at Oregon State University. How does he stack up to the rest?
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>>From: Ann Engel Schafer ('63) and Freddie Schafer ('63)
Re: Portland/Vancouver Area Bomber Picnic
http://richlandbombers.com/lunches/Current-PDX/00.html
The 4 annual Bomber Picnic was held Saturday at battle Ground State
Park a good time was had by all. Those in attendance were Ann
Thompson, aka Anna May Wann ('49), Irl French ('51), Bob Carlson, aka
Mike Clowes ('54) and Karyl Carlson, Barbara Crowder Hopkins ('55),
Patti Jones Ahrens ('60), Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60) and Mom,
Nadine Smith Heusser ('60), Tom Hemphill ('62) and Linda Hemphill,
Ann Engel Schafer ('63), Fred Schafer ('63), Linda McKnight Hoban ('65)
and Denny Hoban, Peg Wellman Johnson ('66), Alan Porter ('67),
Don Andrews ('67), Alan Smith ('69), Jo Heidlebaugh ('74).
-Ann Engel Schafer ('63) and Freddie Schafer ('63)
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>>From: Bill Scott ('64)
Re: Basketball Stars
Convincing arguments have been made for putting other Bomber basketball
players ahead of Ray Stein (to whom I am partial, having been a '64
classmate). But he enjoyed one distinction I'm not sure any other
Bomber b-ball player had: as far as I know, he's the only Bomber named
to Parade Magazine's High School All-American Basketball team. Anyone
know if there are others?
-Bill Scott ('64)
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Thanks to Mike Davis ('74) for stirring the bucket a little with the
basketball Q & A. Always interesting, always entertaining. I recall
going down to the 8 foot bent-rim, no net, court near Barth on the
south end and playing ball with a few of those guys that coulda,
woulda, shoulda played for Coach Dawald, but instead had a cigarette
hanging out of their mouth while stuffing the ball down my throat.
I think 3 on 3 tournaments were born on that small court. Maybe not.
Unfortunately for them, smoking and getting Ds and Fs in the classroom
didn't help matters. My excuse was being 5'7" and unable to jump...
dribble... influences from the Class of '65... Ds... Fs... etc., etc.
There were some great basketball players in town that never dribbled
a ball in Dawald Gym. I wish I could remember their names. I guess
that's the point.
I'm still wondering what Ray Stein's ('64) greatest Bomber basketball
starting lineup looks like.
And then there are the girls' teams. Who were the great Bomber girls'
basketball players? Can anyone name one? Again, I cannot recall that
girl's name down there on the Barth court, with the fag hanging out
of her mouth, cramming that basketball down my throat...
I've been home for about three weeks recovering from that six week road
trip to AR, TN, VA, OH, PA, MA, MO and home again. If I would have
known Mike Davis was in Arkansas, I would have called and bought him
breakfast, supper or dinner at the local Waffle House. Little Rock was
a hoot. I was visiting a Marine Corps comrade from the Vietnam War
days. Robert, a black man, had to take me around to his neighbors,
who are scared to death of him (long story), and introduce the crazy
cracker to them. We were both wounded at the same time. WAY TOO MUCH
FUN – ha. The last time I saw Robert was on a medevac chopper thirty-
seven years ago. Thirty-six hours in a black neighborhood in Little
Rock, AR. He wanted to know what the slums were like in Richland. I
told him, of course. Now that is a sliver of education you can't get
out of a book. Awesome visit.
Plymouth, Mass. What an interesting place. I had always wanted to look
at "Thee Rock" and finally got there. Massachusetts folks are great to
talk to. Ova hea, ova thea. Hard to understand sometimes. I hadn't
seen that many white folks in one place since the last time I was in
Northtown Mall in Spokane a couple years back. Great seafood, I might
add.
I don't recommend taking long road trips alone. I got into an argument
in my tent with myself up there in the Smoky Mountains in eastern TN.
I always did hate arguing, particularly when it crosses the line into
assault.
-Rick Maddy ('67) ~ Glad to be home in HB again. It's a dry heat.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/16/05
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12 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty Hiser ('49), Tom Tracy ('55)
Dick Avedovech ('56), Floyd Melton ('57)
Pete Overdahl ('60), Bill Craddock ('61)
Mike Brady ('61), Jean Bruntlett ('62)
Dave Hanthorn ('63), Gary Behymer ('64)
David Rivers ('65), Betti Avant ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Bruntlett ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Roger Gress ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tim Avedovech ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathie Roe ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kirby Belcher ('75WB)
WE REMEMBER: Elvis died (8/16/77)
"Before Elvis, there was nothing." -John Lennon
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
To: Ray Stein
I have been out of town more in the past 8 years than I have been in
town. I live on Davenport and your dad used to live on Downing. Is he
still alive? I used to see him walking around the block - and miss
seeing him and talking to him. I am sorry if he is gone - I really
enjoyed our little talks.
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland - weather very
nice right now. Fire around Pomeroy/Dayton still burning.
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>>From: Tom Tracy ('55)
Re: Chuck Curtis ('55-RIP)
We saw one of the greatest Bomber Champions sign a new contract last
year when Chuck Curtis left us for a new team. His loss is hard to
take. This writer would choose Chuck Curtis on his team if he had to
pick a playing partner. We went through the fun years from Marcus
Whitman to Carmichael through Col Hi, decided we'd better wrap up our
H.S. basketball season by beating the No 1 team in the state - Lincoln
High in Seattle... One can live a lifetime on that game... We worked
the Summer of '55 in Alaska together courtesy of the U.W. Although
Chuck chose to go to Pacific Lutheran before school started, my loyalty
and best thoughts of him as a friend and a team mate remains.
Chuck could have played on any team. He had the techniques to get in
position as well as Larry Bird. Once Chuck got the ball inside, you
knew he was going to score or shoot two free throws. He knew how to zig
when you thought he was going to zag. He could make an opponent raise
or lower his hands, leap to check a shot that wasn't there and then
slip in a lay-in or a short hook shot. When he decided to score, it was
a given. Just like when Norris Brown ('57) got the ball and decided to
score. There was no stopping him. Makes me smile when I think of the
times we sat in the back of Dawald's class (we ran out of desks), so
Chuck and I sat at a small table and shared basketball ideas from time
to time... the pick and roll while we wrote reports on The Potsdam
Agreement plus how to be ready and hit him with a pass the instant he
broke toward the ball. Knowing what to do next from the training of a
great coach helped us both.
I remember the game we were in Jr. High and sat behind Dawald's bench
in the early '50s. and were angered as the Wa-Hi coach Boots Wooten
who had such a lead on the RHS team he let his team go shower and
put on their street clothes at half time... 'Twas a display of poor
sportsmanship indeed. We both hoped someday we'd see Dawald get his
revenge as he turned and confidently remarked: "Some day Boots Wooten
will be sorry he did that". He was right about that.
In '55 it was a thrill to help make it happen in their own gym. We
blitzed them. Our fans, team mates and band performed famously. Chuck
scored 32 points. Everyone played one of their best games.
Lonnie Whitner was an animal on the boards while Norris and Tilbert
Neal ('56-RIP) stole the ball repeatedly and humiliated the Blue Devils
and their coach. We did it in 3 quarters. When Dawald cleared the
bench, our team mates increased the spread and buried them deeper.
What a thrill. After the game we saw the biggest smile we could ever
remember come across Dawald's face. A well-deserved satisfying smile
from the coach we both respected and admired.
Boots took the loss well and credited Dawald highly afterward. (Kudos
to the teams who also devastated Wa-Hi twice) I don't ever remember the
two of us being more intensely motivated to win until we met up with
No. 1 ranked Lincoln at The State Tourney in '55.
They were giants. Their fans started gabbing our basketballs during
warm ups, playing keep away with them and calling us names... taunting
us about our geography and ancestry was not a nice thing to do. We led
them all the way. Near the end of the game we went into Dawald's pass-
cut stalling offense where a player could easily score a lay-in if
anyone tried to double-team. Their big men couldn't keep up, became
exhausted and the other Seattle fans among 12,500 chanted at us to
"POUR IT TO "EM". On the way out of the gym it was fun to slow down
and ask the rude, stunned and tearful fans from Lincoln.. "How 'bout
that"? How would you like another dose of that 'glow in the dark
medicine?"
We lived for decades on some of those memories and I think we both
built many more through college. Chuck was a true champion; a winner
and no one could ask for a better team mate. He's in my Hall of Fame.
We were both grateful for our friends and Bomber classmates and
neighbors. Chuck's favorite song was "If You've Got Friends and
Neighbors All The World is a Happier Place.." The Class of '55 always
seemed like the very best class one could have chosen to graduate
with... Their presence still "puts a smile on the gloomiest face"
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2005/Xtra/050816-Tracy-Curtis.jpg
One should think he’d be in the Hall of Fame, Chuck held the scoring
record nationwide!! It’s a record never to be broken. They reorganized
the league.
Without being arrogant, we unabashedly take a moment, to honor all
the teams, bands, friends, neighbors and loyal fans who helped defeat
Wa-Hi or Lincoln since... With a special thanks to Chuck and Bomber
cheers to you all!
http://www.plu.edu/scene/issue/2005/spring/sections/attaway-lutes.html
-Tom Tracy ('55)
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>>From: Dick Avedovech ('56)
To: My brother, Tim Avedovech ('61)
I wanted to wish my awesome little brother a great birthday on Tuesday,
August 16th. This day back in 1943 may have been a tough one for our
country, but a great day for our family. I am most privileged to have
you as my brother and best friend. However, I wasn't quite so sure
about that when we were kids in early Richland. Have a good one, Bro.
Love, Dick
-Dick Avedovech ('56)
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>>From: Floyd Melton ('57)
When basketball is discussed in regards to RHS my favorite story came
via Fran Rish. In PE class one day in '56, I believe, he told us about
getting calls, years earlier, from the Richland Guards (the police)
as they were called back in the early days of Richland, telling him
someone was in the RHS gym and they could hear a basketball bouncing
but all the lights were out. Mr. Rish told us that he knew right away
who was there and headed to the gym. When he got into the gym and with
the lights still out he would call out the name of one of his students,
the name, "Gene" as in Gene Conley ('48). Mr. Rish told us that Gene
broke in very often to get his dribbling down pat, in the dark. He also
said that when Gene entered Col-Hi he had trouble bouncing the ball let
alone getting from one end of the court to the other. Now, that is hard
to believe and I do not know the accuracy of his story or the facts
about Gene's ability at that time in his high school career but it is
a good story.
Gene Conley has to be the greatest athlete that ever graduated from RHS
in my book. There have been very few athletes who could play in two pro
sports at the same time let alone be as successful as Gene was.
I do love the memories of Norris ('57) and C.W. Brown ('58), especially
a particular play Norris made at the, I think in the 1956 state
basketball tournament, where he dove from the fowl line and in an
almost horizontal position threw the ball up for a 2 pointer. He could
float and that is fact.
-Floyd Melton ('57)
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>>From: Pete Overdahl ('60)
Re: Gary Persons ('57)
I am sorry that I missed your birthday, good friend. I am so glad your
sister Derrith remembered and you so deserve it. You don't look a day
over 75. I will see you at our 45th and the Club 40 and I will buy you
a Tall Soda Pop.
-Pete Overdahl ('60) ~ Where it is holding in the 90's in sunny
downtown Richland
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>>From: Bill Craddock ('61)
Interesting stuff regarding Bomber basketball greats. Four names I
haven't seen get much recognition that (in my opinion) certainly
shouldn't be left out: Bob Frick ('60), Theartis Wallace ('63), C.W.
Brown ('58), Kevin Presto ('??)... I'm sure there are others as well.
Kudos to Rick Maddy ('67) for mentioning the fact that there were lots
of super players that never played for one reason or the other (and
not just bad grades and cigarettes either). In my years, '59-'61, I
remember that guys such as Jim Hawkins ('60), Fasier Rasmussen ('61),
Jim Anderson ('61), and Rick Neill ('61) could have been stars. I'll
bet there were representatives from most other eras as well. Larry
Dawes ('54) didn't play for the Bombers but had a fine career in the
Military and was invited to a couple of NBA camps. By the way, is there
anyone who realizes that Rick Neill ('61) might have been the best of
all the Neill brothers? I remember coaches Dawald and Juricich trying
very hard to get him to play. He made most of the varsity guys look
pretty weak in PE classes.
For once, I agree with Mike Brady ('61) - - Norris Brown ('57) was in a
class all his own. An amazing player. Gene Conley ('48) was undoubtedly
the best of the Bomber "big men" but for a "one-on one" player, Norris
has had no peer at Richland.
No matter what the debate and no matter what the opinions, RHS
(Columbia High) has been blessed with an amazing quantity of amazing
basketball players.
-Bill Craddock ('61)
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
Hmmm...thanks for the memories Rick. I was one of those kids puffing on
a Pall Mall while playing basketball on the 8' hoop on Barth Street.
I can still see Pook Smith ('63), Ron Cowgill ('63) and Bill Wilson ('63)
driving past me for a lay-up. Unfortunately (or fortunately), it took
me until October 10, 1985 to finally kick the cigarette habit, and
(fortunately) I'll never forget those wonderful days on the black top.
But back to my favorite Richland subject, Bomber basketball. Is it
inappropriate to ask what was the worst Bomber basketball team of all
time? My vote goes to the 1961 team. That was the only year that I
remember that a Richland team did not go to the State Tournament. They
got off to a slow start losing their first four games and finished with
a respectable 12-8 record. Jack Glover, Don Ott, Bruce Smith, Randy
Free and Dave Warren were great athletes, but for some reason it took
them a little longer to put it together. Bruce eventually became Virgil
Carter's primary receiver for BYU football, and Terry Smith ('61) was
selected "most athletic" at our ten year reunion for jumping out of the
stands and tackling a Stanford player rushing for a touchdown.
On the other hand, I'm convinced the 1961 girls with the same training
as the girls today would have been one of the best. Billye Conley,
Katie Sheeran and Beth Pederson would have been the nucleus of a great
team.
-Mike Brady ('61)
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>>From: Jean Bruntlett ('62)
Happy Birthday to my brother John Bruntlett ('54). Have a great day.
-Jean Bruntlett ('62) ~ Cheney, WA
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>>From: Dave Hanthorn (Gold Medal Class of '63)
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: smoking and basketball
Never mind the guys that smoked and didn't play Bomber Basketball. What
about the guys that smoked and DID play? Two that come to mind for me
are Pook Smith ('63) and Gary Webb ('64). They both were pretty regular
smokers in high school (as I recall) but both were starters for Art
Dawald's run and gun fast break Bombers. I still don't know how they
managed it. Maybe some of you can remember others.
As for playing on the eight foot baskets, there was always a game going
at the Perkins/Roberdeau playground hoop. Some of the players there
were Tim Smyth ('62), Jay Williamson ('63-RIP), Denny Casto ('63),
Terry Webb ('63-RIP), and myself ('63) and then some Bomber players
like Gary Webb ('64), Rod Brewer ('65), Bobby McClellan ('66), and even
Ray Stein ('64) a couple of times. I'm sure I'm leaving plenty of guys
out, but the ol' memory banks aren't what they used to be. I was only
about five foot six then, and could just barely manage to dunk on that
eight foot rim. Of course Webb and Stein were only a couple of inches
taller than me and both could dunk with ease on a ten foot basket.
That's probably why nobody ever invited me to try out for the Bombers,
hmm?
Okay, I guess I am going to have to weigh in on the best Bombers
discussion. Here are my picks by position, with first, second and third
team rankings:
Center: Gene Conley ('48), John Meyers ('58), Jim House ('63)
Forward: Norris Brown ('57), Thea Wallace ('63), C.W. Brown ('58) (for
you youngsters, these guys are all related)
Forward: Mike Neil ('75), Pat Hoke ('72), Bob Frick ('60)
Guard: Ray Stein ('64), Pat Crook ('58), Gary Webb ('64)
Guard: Brian Kellerman ('79), Bob Kennedy ('79), Steve Neill ('72)
I may not have gotten the position played right in all cases. For
example, Ray Stein and Gary Webb were often listed as forwards, but
since both were under six feet tall when they played for the Bombers,
and could shoot the lights out from long range, they seemed like guards
to me. Also, like I said before, I need a memory upgrade.
I saw all of these guys (except Gene Conley) play for the Bombers,
and they were all great. But my all time favorite Bomber, not because
he was the greatest player, but for his grit, attitude, work ethic,
rebounding skills, and most importantly his life-long Bomber Spirit, is
none other than ol' number thirty-two in your program and number one in
your heart, the pride of the Gold Medal Class of 1963, our very own Jim
House.
Betty Hiser Gulley ('49) brought up an important point for all to keep
in mind when comparing Bombers from different eras, the rules have
changed over the years, and likewise the style of play. Back in the
fifties and early sixties, teams that played the Mighty Bombers often
thought they would stand a better chance if they played "stall ball" to
hold the score down so they wouldn't fall so far behind. In those days,
a player could just stand and hold the ball. This rarely worked as far
as their chances of beating the Bombers, but it did tend to hold the
scoring down.
Another thing to remember is that Coach Dawald hated to "run up the
score" on the opposing team, and would often bench the starters for
most of the fourth quarter. Of course that didn't always work either.
I still remember the 1963 Big Nine District Championship game when
Dawald pulled all the starters for the entire fourth quarter against
Ellensburg, but even so the Mighty Bombers rolled on to a 103 to 59
win. As I recall, the Bomber that canned the basket that put the
Bombers over the century mark was a young sophomore by the name of
Mike Toner who had been moved up from the JV team for the district
and state tournaments.
We all have our fond memories of Bomber basketball. One of my favorites
was when I was a little kid and my older brother Jack ('57-RIP) took me
to a Bomber game in 1956. The Bombers were playing Hermiston, Oregon
in a non-conference game. It was the first time ever that a Bomber
team broke the century mark, 101 to 65. I still remember seeing
that scoreboard click over from 99 to 01, and the crowd going just
absolutely crazy. I have been a big Bomber fan ever since. What a town,
what a school, and what a team.
GO BOMBERS, ON TO STATE!
-Dave Hanthorn (GMC of '63) from hot and muggy Mercer Island, sure glad
I had that AC installed last year (whew).
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: Remembering the great Chuck Curtis ('55)
http://www.plu.edu/scene/issue/2005/spring/sections/attaway-lutes.html
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Hot time summer in the city (the 16th)
Got a Bomber Birthday for a real hot kitty... she's so fine do lang
do lang do lang... wish she were mine do lang do lang do lang... well
ok... that was inappropriate... I'm a day too late and way short... but
oh this girl has had my head turned for over 40 years and she still
has "it"... One of my favorite buds to get together with whenever I'm
home... So nice to have great friends like this one... and korse the
fact that she's a real looker is... well it's just great! So here ya
go, my dear...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KATHIE ROE TRUAX ('64)
-David Rivers ('65)
PS I'll be outa town on the 22d so may I take this time to wish
Kathie Moore Adair ('69) a wonderful birthday too!
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Boy, there were some nasty pictures of the dust blowing in Eastern
Washington the other day. It almost makes me glad I don't live there
anymore. In our B house it seems dust always had a way of finding a
crack or two to enter the house. In my dad's later years that dust
would always get his heart and lungs congested so it was most difficult
to breathe. A couple of mornings I had to contend with some fog, but it
wasn't too thick. The worst part of my daily commute other than the
traffic is the sun going in the morning and coming back at night.
Looking at a map I thought Ft. Lewis was north of Lacey but boy was
I wrong. East in the AM and west in the PM. I have managed to get
somewhat used to it, traffic is another matter. Some days it moves
right along (60 mph) and other times it creeps along because someone
sees something and slows down (even if it isn't anything major). Friday
was a great example; in one spot a couple was beside the road out of
their vehicles just talking, but it caused a major slow down I imagine
because people wanted to see what if anything was going on.
Bomber greetings to all out there,
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Lacey, WA where it was another hot one today
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Mike Clowes ('54), Bill Berlin ('56)
Lorin St. John ('55), Missy Keeney ('59)
Patti Jones ('60), Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Brent Van Reenen ('67), Gary Christian ('67)
Gary Schauer ('84)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Charlotte Carlson ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy Boggs ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Verna Gore ('69)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: "And the Count Goes On" Dept.
Almost hot off the press, here are the latest figures on attendance at
the annual Club 40 Reunion:
Class of 45 - 2
Class of 46 - 1
Class of 47 - 3
Class of 48 - 3
Class of 49 - 6
Class of 51 - 4
Class of 52 - 17
Class of 53 - 14
Class of 54 - 19
Class of 55 - 77
Class of 56 - 7
Class of 57 - 8
Class of 58 - 8
Class of 59 - 5
Class of 60 - 43
Class of 61 - 4
Class of 62 - 2
Class of 63 - 1
Class of 70 - 1
Pretty fair, some of the usual suspects have now joined in, but there
are still quite a few left out there who have not. So, keep those
registration forms coming in. And, if you have lost or mis-placed
yours, go to the Club 40 web page at RichlandClub40.org and get with
the program.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ back in Albany from the Vancouver
picnic where a good time was had by all on a really pleasant day.
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
Re: Bomber Basketball
I have been reading with interest all of the comments, ideas and votes
for who the #1 Bomber basketball player of all time was and there have
been many. When I was a little kid my Dad used to take me to most
Bomber home games when Gene Conley ('48) was reigning hell over the
Bomber opponents, but I was also of the era of Tom Tracy ('55),
Chuck Curtis ('55-RIP), Tilbert Neal ('56-RIP), Norris Brown ('57)
and John Meyers ('58-RIP) and came back to Richland or at the State
Tournaments to see Ray Stein ('64) and other great Bomber dribblers
into the '70s, '80s and '90s.
Picking the best is very difficult but picking the All Time, All Star
Team would be even harder. What comes to my mind was the evolution of
the game from Gene's time into the (say) '80s. The game Gene played was
a lot more patterned, both on O and D. The transition game was a lot
slower and more deliberate and far fewer fast breaks. The O game was
set up routinely and the D game was always man-to-man, thus a guy as
talented as Gene Conley was an object to be dealt with big time.
Chuck Curtis ('55) was also a deliberate player, he played at PLU when
I was going to Linfield and that was always an end-to-end court battle.
He was an NAIA All American a couple of times during his college days.
The Bomber game of '54, '55 and '56 was changing to more of a fast
break on the O side and a quick drop-back on D. Norris really picked up
the pace and I can recall his fast break lay-ins from both right and
left hand. Today he would be called "The Glove" or the "The Smooth."
The games I remember the most in '55 and '56 were with Wapato with Bill
Douglas and the two Juarez boys, Gene and Richard.
The same is true with the Coaching dilemma and who was the best. My
era was with Art Dawald, who I did not care for as a PE teacher, but he
was a great coach. I did not know the other chap but his record stands
for itself. Like all sports, things "then" and "now" in basketball
are so very different, it is kind of like choosing between apples and
oranges and I prefer to remember Gene's huge hook shots, Norris flying
through the air for yet another lay-up and Stein dropping them in from
close and long range.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ in Anacortes, WA where I am sitting on my deck
with an adult beverage in one hand and Bomber basketball memories
running through my well worn memories of a bygone ere.
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>>From: Lorin St. John ('55)
Re: RHS boys basketball
As a new school year is about to begin; it seems appropriate to
reminisce about our high school years. A big part of that reminiscence
is remembering the sports teams that represented our school (good ole
school spirit) during those years. Memory being what it is (ala Maurice
Chavalier singing "I remember it well" with Hermione Gingold in the
1958 musical "Gigi") - I'll put my two cents in concerning great Bomber
basketball players/teams. Up front I will admit that I am partial to
the years of 1952-'53 thru 1954-'55 (sophomore thru senior years) in
which the basketball team went to the state tournament all 3 years.
The Bombers were conference co-champs with Yakima in the 1952- 53
season which necessitated a play-off game since the conference champion
was awarded an automatic state tournament berth. This was the first
year of a new league that included Richland, Pasco, Kennewick, Yakima,
Ellensburg, Sunnyside, and Wapato. In previous years (1945-'46 thru
1951-'52) the league consisted of Richland, Pasco, Kennewick, Prosser,
Grandview, and Sunnyside.
Richland's victory over Walla Walla 52-51 (defending 1952 state
champions) was a real high light during the regular '52-'53 season.
Richland's OT win over Yakima in the critical state tournament play-off
win was also a high light. Those of us that were listening to the game
on the radio were left in the lurch and wondering what had happened
when the radio suddenly went dead. When the radio connection was
restored, to our delight, we learned that Richland had won 55-51. Tom
McKeown's ('53) buzzer beating shot gave Richland the 1953 district
tournament championship with a 52-51 victory over Yakima.
Harold Gibson ('53), Jack Sinderson ('53), Tom McKeown ('53), Charlie
Gant ('53), and Bill Griffin ('54) were on the starting five with
Gordie Andersen ('54) being the #6 man; stand out in my mind as truly
a great team in the newly formed Class "AA" league.
The 53-54 team was also exciting finishing in 2nd place in the
conference standings (Wapato won the league championship). During the
middle of the season 6'8" Wayne Moss ('54) came off the sick list and
joined the team. From that point on Richland went on a winning streak
to win the 1954 district championship game over Russ Insley's Wapato
Wolves 60-54. This was the first bomber team to win their opening round
game in the state tournament. Unfortunately in the quarter-finals,
Richland's opponent was Franklin of Seattle (eventual state champion)
with 6' 8" Bruno Boin and company. Richland gave it's best but lost
60-48. Wayne Moss tired to keep Bruno in check as best as he could. The
starting five were Chuck Curtis ('55-RIP), Bill Griffin ('54), Tom
Tracy ('55), Wayne Moss, and Roger Mikulecky ('54). Gordie Andersen was
on the starting five until Wayne Moss joined the team during the middle
of the season and became the #6 man.
The 1954-55 bomber basketball team was the first team to finish in the
state tournament finishing in 4th place.
All through the season there was a running battle between Lincoln of
Seattle and Richland being ranked #1 and #2 in the state poll rankings.
This was the time when a #1 ranking in the state polls rated a red
headline on the front page of the paper. Lincoln eventually finished
#1 and Richland finished #2 in the final poll. Richland was league
co-champions with Wapato (11-1) and again necessitated a play off game
since the league champion was awarded an automatic berth to the state
tournament. Richland won 67-55 with the help of Derald Mitchell ('56)
and Denny Olson (#6 & #7) when some of the starters ran into foul
trouble. Richland won the district championship for the 3rd year in a
row defeating Highland of Cowiche 74-57. This was the first high school
basketball game televised in the Tri-City area.
Richland beat Dean Nicholson's Puyallup Vikings 62-61 in the first
round of the state tournament and advanced to the quarter finals against
Gonzaga Prep, a team that Richland had defeated during the regular
season. This time it was Gonzaga's time to win. Richland won the next
day in a loser out game beating the Wenatchee Panthers 72-46 to advance
to the 4th and 7th place game against, of all teams, the #1 ranked
Lincoln Lynx. (Lincoln had lost 46-43 to O'Dea in a quarter final
game). Many thought that this was the true state championship game in
the jammed pack Hec Edmunson Pavilion pairing the #1 and #2 ranked
teams in the state against each other. The Bombers played a truly
inspired game that night leading all the way and winning the 4th place
trophy 67-61. Chuck Curtis was selected 1st team all state. Tom Tracy's
half court shot just before the end of the 2nd quarter kept up the
pressure on Lincoln and carried over the momentum going into the 2nd
half. Tom played his heart out during this game and inspired the rest
of the team. (His older brother Bill ('51) played in the state
tournament, for the Bombers, during the '49-'50 season losing two one
point games and in the '50-'51 season winning one game and losing two).
The starting five for the '54-'55 team were Chuck Curtis, Tom Tracy,
Norris Brown, Lonnie Whitner, and Tilbert Neal.
Jerry Colkitt did a fantastic job during these years broadcasting
Bomber football and basketball games on 960 AM KALE. He made it real
exciting and we felt like we were right there during the away games.
This was a brief re-cap of those 3 years of the high school experience.
Our family lived next door to the Roberts family on Smith. Keith
Roberts ('48-RIP) played 3 years for the Bombers during the 1945-'46
thru 1947-'48 school years with Gene Conley and Orville Marcum ('48-RIP).
He had a basketball hoop in the back yard for a time and the
neighborhood kids would shoot some hoops during our play time. (By the
way Keith was the uncle of Pat Hoke ('72 all state for the Bombers) and
Mark Hoke ('79 all state for the Bombers); his sister married some guy
from Kennewick named Hoke)) This was the beginning of my interest in
RHS basketball.
Talking with Lester Fishback ('34) and Robert Fletcher ('40) about RHS
basketball before WW II is a memorable experience in itself. Lester
remembers during his playing days for Richland that a chalk board was
used keeping score during the game and changing jerseys between players
when subs went into the game. There were not enough jerseys to go
around. Robert (My home room teacher at Carmichael Junior High School
in the 7th grade during the '49-'50 school year) was involved in the
mascot change during the '37-'38 school year from Colts to Broncs when
the ASB council voted for the change.
Who are the greatest players with the greatest stats. I'll leave that
up to the individual classes with their unique remembrances. Each team
is different with its own "flavor and mix" and with new rules and
styles of playing and coaching.
Win or lose; we are the Bombers--Go Bombers.
From sunny Arizona;
-Lorin St. John ('55)
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>>From: Missy Keeney ('59)
Re: Computer
Does anyone remember a picture of a computer circa 1950's that took
up a whole room and had a man standing beside it? I thought it was a
Sandstorm picture but it may have been another source.
-Missy Keeney ('59)
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
Re: Gene Conley ('48)
This past week-end I was at the Portland area Battle Ground Bomber
picnic then to visit my mom for a couple of days who lives in
Milwaukie, OR. Since I have become the family librarian, my mom
gave me a bunch of scrap books and pictures of my grandmother Nettie
Jenkins (RIP) who lived on Judson. Why this picture of Gene Conley ('48)
was in one of her scrap books is beyond me. Unless it was something her
husband (my step grandfather) Bruce Jenkins (RIP) wanted saved.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2005/Xtra/050817-Jones-Conley.jpg
Certainly enjoyed finding the picture and immediately wanted to send it
into the Sandstorm for everyone's viewing if they haven't seen the
picture. It was taken from a newspaper. No note of which one.
While with my mom we went to dinner at a place called "Old Chicago".
Had dinner out on the patio. I had my "Proud to be a Bomber" shirt on.
Three ladies were coming towards us. I noticed the older woman of the
three looking at me. About the same time the younger with all her pride
and a big smile said very loudly "I am a Bomber" in school right now.
We all laughed introduced ourselves and talked for a bit. The mother
said "they live on Cedar". They were there for the weekend of shopping.
Always fun to run into Bombers.
Re: Battle Ground picnic
Thanks to all the organizers. What fun. Fred Schafer's ('63)
hamburgers are the best.
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) ~ Returning home I found my yard to be a mess
from the big dust storm while I was gone. At first couldn't figure
out what happened until I went to read Saturday's newspaper. I
missed a good old fashioned Richland Sandstorm. Or did I?
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Re: Bomber Basketball
I remember the Ray Stein ('64) & Gary Webb ('64) combination fast
break. Gary's little stutter step kick-start and the two of them were
off!! Brought the crowd to their feet while they traded the ball back
and forth between them. That was a guaranteed 2 points by whichever of
the two of them arrived at the basket first! Great memories!
-Maren Smyth ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA
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>>From: Brent Van Reenen (Blue Ribbon Class of 1967)
Re: My two cents on Best Basketball players
I have been reading the postings on the great ball players in Richland
history with great memories being brought back. For my money, Norris
Brown ('57) was the most fascinating and skillful player to play at
Col-Hi, Gene Conley ('48) the most successful, Ray Stein ('64) the most
intelligent, and the combined Neill brothers probably had the greatest
impact of any family over the years. As a young boy in the fifties I
got to see some of those great teams of that decade and then in the
'60s many more. I believe Ray Stein may have been the most unselfish
player I ever saw on the court. He could have scored many more points
but often gave up the ball to those around him. The combination of
Stein, Webb ('64) and Brewer ('65) was awesome. I spent many years
involved in Basketball as a coach, scout, statistician and fan.
A note to Rick Maddy ('67): as another 5'7" guy who got it stuffed
down my throat at the Barth court, I still remember those games with
great pleasure.
-Brent Van Reenen (Blue Ribbon Class of 1967)
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>>From: Gary Christian ('67)
Re: The passing of Karen Schildknecht Mateo ('67-RIP)
It is with great sadness that I report the loss of a classmate and a
great personal friend. Karen passed away yesterday, the 16th of August.
Many of you will remember her posts over the years here on the
Sandstorm. Unfortunately, the battle against her illness made it
impossible for her to post here in the last year or so. But I know she
read the Sandstorm whenever she could and was a green and gold
Bomber through and through.
I first met Karen on the steps outside Carmichael Jr. High. We became
friends, but as so often happens, we lost touch over the years. But the
internet saw fit to reunite two old friends after nearly thirty years,
and we became closer than ever before. Karen and her beloved husband
Pete came to know my wife Deborah, and the four of us would spend time
on the Oregon coast as well as walks through the Portland Saturday
market. The four of us would spend many evenings together over a nice
dinner and wonderful conversation. The dinners and trips were nice, but
what I really treasured was her dear friendship.
Over the last few years I watched as Karen fought one crisis after
another and somehow came through each time, And with each battle her
smile brightened and her determination strengthened. But the last
battle was just too much for her.
To Karen I would just like to say, You have more courage than anyone I
know. I am so proud of you. And I will always remember what you told me
once. "God will never give you more than you can handle" So my dear
friend, I guess he decided that you had had quite enough."
Good bye, my friend,
Gary
-Gary Christian ('67)
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>>From: Gary Schauer ('84)
Re: Bomber hoop history
What a great read the Sandstorm has been over the past few weeks,
reliving all the basketball lore of years past. Thank you Mike Davis
('74) for getting the topic started and thank you everyone else for
sharing your memories. Makes me wish I could have seen the likes of
Gene Conley, Chuck Curtis, Jim House, C.W. Brown, and Ray Stein play if
they were truly as great as you all make them sound. Luckily, I did get
to grow up watching Mike Neill and Brian Kellerman play (to this day,
the numbers 44 and 24 are my favorite).
Tom Tracy, thank you for allowing us to relive the highlights of the
'55 season. Even today, Eastern WA teams don't get the respect they
deserve by West siders, so I can imagine how it was 50 years ago.
Bill Craddock, Kevin Presto played on the '83 and '84 teams after
transferring to RHS after his sophomore year. He went on to play for
and help regenerate the Miami Hurricane basketball program.
Speaking of the '84 team, those in my class recall a very special year
being 25-0 at one point and rated #1 in state most of the year. The
team ran into trouble at State and under-achieved (the Quinn Snyder
(Duke star and current Missouri coach) - led Mercer Island team were
too much to handle), but they still gave us a season to remember. I
believe that all 5 of the starters (Presto, Scott Frick, Rob Buchanan,
Mark Borgeson, Terry Duncan) went on to play college ball at some
level. My biggest regret in high school ... easy - not playing my
senior year and missing out on this special run.
And one more thing, how is it that Kevin Presto is the only player
after Brian Kellerman in '79 to be mentioned in all this "greatest
player" or first, second, and 3rd team lists? Do you mean to tell me
that all of the top players played from '48 to '79 and not a single
player in the past 25 years is worth mentioning on this list? I'd love
to quiz Coach Neill on this topic some day as he was involved with the
program for so long as a player, coach, and continuous observer.
-Gary Schauer ('84)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/18/05
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45), Mary Triem ('47)
Ray Wells ('54), Mike Brady ('61)
Gary Behymer ('64), Ray Stein ('64)
Susan Baker ('64), Greg Alley ('73)
Mike Davis ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack Moorman ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary Carlson ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jacki Shipman ('75)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Club 40
Well, the eighteenth annual party is right there down the calendar. You
better get signed up before you go to save some $..
Club 40 is such a great event. Not only are there class reunions, but
even better, schoolmate reunions. Each of you Bombers might meet the
folks from two years behind you and two years ahead of you as well as
your own classmates. Whatever happened to that cute sophomore gal? You
get the picture.
The biggest drawback to class reunions is that Sunday AM when you say
goodbye for another 5 or 10 years. At Club 40 you just have to wait
till next year. Y'all make it a habit and plan on an annual party.
Of course, you do like I say and not like I do. This year, I won't be
there, the first miss in 18 years. We are going on an Alaska cruise,
Fairbanks to Vancouver BC. We were going in August, but they oversold.
We could have waited another year, but I don't even buy green bananas
at my age..
I will miss the great 60th reunion of the Class of '45, and the 50th of
'55 within which I have a lot of friends due to my bro Pat ('55). Have
fun everyone.
-Dick McCoy from the Tin Can Class of 1945
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>>From: Mary Triem Mowery ('47)
To: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
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I can give you an approximate date for your outstanding basketball
picture - 1946 or 1947. Dick Sears, pictured on Gene's right,
graduated in our class of '47. Ah, memories!!!!
-Mary Triem Mowery, a '47 Bomber
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>>From: Ray Wells ('54)
Re: History Channel says Japan had an atomic bomb
Last night The History Channel presented a program on Japan's WWII
atomic bomb program. Recently, documents, written in Japanese, were
discovered and investigated. Turns out that Japan had developed and
tested an atomic bomb but because we used ours first they never
got to use theirs on us. Several Japanese who are still alive who
participated in the program were interviewed and they verified that
this story is true. You can order a video tape (or maybe a DVD) of
this program from the History Channel.
-Ray Wells ('54) ~ in sunny Desert Aire, WA
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Bill Craddock ('61) said "For once, I agree with Mike Brady ('61)"
I'm still convinced Bill is upset at me because I spent the day at
the beach with Gerry Lattin ('61) and Carole Burt ('61 while he and
Jack Gardiner ('61) drove aimlessly around the Uptown district.
-Mike Brady ('61)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
"I am the greatest!" -Clay/Ali
OK... so we have or have we decided who is/was the greatest Bomber
basketball player/team?
Anyone care to tell me which Bomber family had more 'team members'?
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: Ray Stein ('64)
Re: Coach Art Dawald (RIP)
When Art Dawald retired in 1970, he advised new coaches to "use a lot
of psychology on your players". Since the Sandstorm topic these days is
basketball, I thought I would share some of the ways Dawald "psyched"
his players.
First, he seldom if ever complimented opposing players or teams. In
1962 when we played Hudson's Bay in the State Tourney, all Dawald said
about them to the newspapers was: "They aren't too fast, they don't
play good defense. I think we can go around them and go through them."
At the time HB had 6 players who eventually played Div. I college ball,
including one (6'10" Craig Raymond) who was a 1st round NBA draft
choice, but Dawald could only see their faults. With Dawald at the
helm, the Bombers beat HB in '62 and again beat those same slow, no
defense players in '63.
Coach Dawald never called opposing players by their name, instead he
referred to them by their number. If Dawald had coached against Michael
Jordan, he probably would have told his defender, "OK, you've got #23,
remember, he stays in the air too long when he jumps, we'll get the
ball and score before his feet hit the ground".
Dawald never even entertained the idea that the Bombers might lose. A
reporter once wrote: "A supremely confident man, Art never went into
any game without sincerely believing he would win. And he instilled
this faith in his players. Their confidence exuded on the basketball
floor to a near point of arrogance. Opposing players and coaches alike
grew in awe of the green and gold jerseys."
I remember my first home game against Gonzaga Prep. I glimpsed at
G-Prep as we warmed up. They looked mighty big and tough to this skinny
soph and I was apprehensive. When we went into the locker room for our
pre-game talk, Dawald began by saying something like: "If we only beat
these guys by 5 or so points, they might get the idea . . ." Well,
needless to say, we won by 18 pts.
One of my favorite Dawald quotes was: "If you want to win badly enough,
the other team is practically immaterial." Never was that statement
more truly reflected by one of his players than on an afternoon at a
B-ball court on Tinkle Ave. With Mike Davis ('74) no doubt, peering
through the fence, I asked Jim House ('63) if he thought we could beat
the Boston Celtics. Jim, who at the time had been "psyched" by Dawald
one year more than I, replied, "Sure, if we could play them at home".
With due respect,
-Ray Stein ('64)
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>>From: Susan Baker ('64)
Happy Birthday Judy Boggs!! I miss seeing you at the bank. The place
isn't the same!
-Susan Baker ('64)
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>>From: Greg Alley ('73)
To: Tom Tracy ('55)
Some great trivia about your time as a Bomber basketball player and a
very convincing argument to include Chuck Curtis ('55) in all lists for
all-time Bomber basketball players. Somehow he is not mentioned as
often as others even when I talk to people of all ages here in town.
To: Dave Hanthorn ('63)
Your list is pretty good of hoop players at the different positions
but I might have to delete Steve "Stubby" Neill ('72). No offense
because he did play on a state championship team but he peaked in his
sophomore year with a 33 point outing. He does a fine job as principal
at the high school. He listed himself as 5'10" in the programs in high
school. Those numbers were truly inflated.
Another memory was a disappointing one. I`m sure someone out there was
at the game but the call on KALE was a downer as I sat in my living
room with my dad. Was it 1966 as a guy from Renton sank a half court
shot to beat the Bombers?
-Greg Alley ('73) ~ In hot Richland where I still shoot hoops when I
can find a basket.
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
My deepest sympathy to the Schildknecht family in the loss of their
daughter/sister Karen ('67). I've known Karen's sister Lynn ('74) for
a lifetime and through her I have come to know Karen and the entire
family. Karen showed an example of courage that people do not see very
often She sent a message to all of us that anything can be faced with
strength, dignity and a heartfelt smile. She taught us that goodness
can be found in any situation. She only had time for cheerfulness when
sadness and despair would have been the easy way. We can all learn from
Karen Schildknecht Mateo. Be at peace, Karen.
Re: RHS Hoops
Check the numbers, folks, the numbers!
2,011 points!!!
It's really not a contest
Did I mention a 2nd, 2nd, and 4th place state finish?
We can call the banter of the last few days....
"The Battle for Number Two"
Happy debating,
-Mike Davis ('74) ~ All I can say....it's a good thing Upton didn't
play hoops!!!
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/19/05
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4 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Gary Behymer ('64), Ray Stein ('64)
Rick Maddy ('67), Robert Avant ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lois Weyerts ('56)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Clark Riccobuono ('71)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda Barott ('71)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Trivia Question... and I DON'T have the answer...
Any of you Chief Jo Warriors' from the 1958 to 1960 era remember a
very tall and mature 9th grader... in the order of 6'8" to 6'10"... or
so it seemed at the time? Toivo Piippo made great effort to teach him
the fundamentals of basketball but to no avail. I remember Mr. Piippo
and Charles Solomon ('64) on the Warrior court for hours one week
working with this young man.
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: Ray Stein ('64)
Re: Worst Bomber Basketball Team (potentially)
I wanted to respond to Mike Brady's ('61) query about the worst Bomber
basketball team. Instead of the worst, I would like to suggest a team
with the worst "potential" for a winning year. That would be the
players who sported the green and gold in '63-'64. They certainly were
the smallest team. When they beat a Yakima school at Richland, the TC
Herald called it an "upset", a "stunner", a "shocker". Now when have
you ever heard those words to describe a Bomber home victory? The
opposing coach was so upset at losing to these rag-a-muffins, he said
Richland was "lucky" and the officials were to blame. On one occasion,
a newspaper referred to this team as "midgets". Anyway, the trials of
those '64 Bombers are chronicled in a recently discovered poem.
The prospects were bleak for that '64 season.
The team was too short, that was the reason.
Not a regular starter exceeded six-one.
Strasser was close, and so was Compton.
The Columbian said later, "We thought we'd be losing".
But as play started up the Bombers were cruising.
The fans had relaxed with just a few fidgets.
They cheered and cheered for the green and gold midgets.
At the halfway point with one overtime loss,
In the Yakima Valley, Bombers were still boss.
But up next was Davis with a mighty good team.
The Bombers were doomed, or so it would seem.
Now Dawald just laughed, "Davis the best?".
He told his small charges, "They're just like the rest".
And so on that night, on that basketball floor,
Somehow the Pirates weren't so big anymore.
The crowd was packed in and with all said and done,
It was 72-67 and the Bombers had won!
"How could that be!", the Davis coach sobbed.
He said in the Herald he thought they were robbed.
He said Brewer was "lucky", (with his eyesight corrected).
"Impossible to have a shot so perfected".
"And Webb was shooting way too far out,
How could he make them?", we all heard him pout.
"And how 'bout those fouls", he continued to whine.
"They called them on Ted, but never on Stein!".
But when Districts were done, the Bombers were champs,
And all over Spokane, the fans set up camps.
LC and John Rogers - not much of a battle.
Two wins in a row and it's off to Seattle.
But Renton would ruin this oh so nice story.
A 47-44 loss sapped some of the glory.
I'm sure Richland fans, a title preferred.
But a 23-2 record, the trophy was third.
And so this tale took a single wrong turn.
There's still something special I think we can learn.
Though the typical Bomber is tall as a steeple,
In '64 we won with some pretty short people.
Over and out,
-Ray Stein ('64) ~ In Mead, Wa - Where my wife says it's time to stop
living in the past and get some work done
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
I would like to give my condolence to the family and friends of
Karen Schildknecht Mateo ('67-RIP). I find hearing about the loss
of a classmate always disturbing, always sad. I have always had the
greatest amount of respect for Karen's brother, Jim ('66), who was a
platoon commander during the Vietnam War. When we were kids in high
school, Karen had moxie. To hear the way she took on her illness is
of no surprise.
Thanks, Gary Christian ('67), for sending us the heads up.
-Rick Maddy ('67)
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>>From: Robert Avant ('69)
To: Ray Stein ('64)
If I am wrong, please correct me. Was not Coach Dawald a believer in
the 2-1-2 zone press that another coaching lightweight (John Wooden)
managed to have some success with? I do remember listening to the
Hudson's Bay game on the radio in '63 and as I may mistakenly recall
the defense... a long forgotten concept in the war of the stats won
that game... Oh for the days of Bill Russell and the All Stone Hand
Shooters that triumphed like you guys did.
-Robert Avant ('69)
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>>Karen Schildknecht Mateo ('67) ~ 12/8/48 - 8/16/05
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/20/05
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5 Bombers sent stuff and 1 funeral notice today:
Tom Tracy ('55), George Swan ('59), Mike Brady ('61)
Helen Cross ('62), Frank Whiteside ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Loretta Ostboe ('55)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Jean Mattson ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: John Choate ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve Jackson ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerie Ehinger ('69WB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Margaret Surplus ('69)
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>>From: Tom Tracy ('55)
To: Ray Stein ('64)
Sometimes people don't recognize the smaller magic green and gold
leprechauns when they see them. Enjoyed your remembrance of the
Yakima game during the 'LITTLE BOY Bomb Drop' Circa 1964. (A Nagasaki
experience for the Yakima coach who couldn't take the fallout). He is
listed among the weak-minded "It's not my fault we're losing" ranks.
Wish we could all have CDs of those RHS games beyond our year's events
to witness the basketball skill of you, your contemporaries and those
that followed. Stunning defense and scoring came from the green and
gold teams that followed ours. Only got to see one game after leaving
high school. We were recruiting Steve Sandlin for our college and
came to see him play against Toppenish in the new Richland gym. It
was a really close game... until right after the national anthem. The
Bombers played everyone but the cheerleaders and still won 90-55.
Privately, Dawald expressed to me how angry he was because the
opponent was such an inexperienced team. You know as well as I that he
had straight forward, clearly defined ways of expressing himself
when he was upset. Please thank your wife for letting you disembark
from mere economic and domestic enterprises to engage in and spread
across the ethernet such highly-valued, historic data and literary
research.
Re: Someone said they read that Gene Conley ('48) K.O.ed a Doberman?
Not sure about whether Gene Conley knocked out a Doberman that
attacked some guys a party... but remember clearly seeing him neuter
Pasco's nine (9) bulldogs in a single day at the Richland baseball
diamond... and he didn't even have a note from their veterinarian.
It was rumored that he was also thinking of establishing a local
lion-skinning franchise because he frightened the hides off a pack of
Kennewick lions in a neighboring community with regularity. It is well
known that Conley favored cougars and was welcomed in their company.
Bomber Cheers
-Tom Tracy ('55)
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
To: Ray Wells ('54)
Re: History Channel says Japan had an atomic bomb
Ray, I also watched, with great interest, the History Channel's
program examining Japan's W.W.II effort to develop an atomic bomb.
According to it, they got as far as actually testing the successful
explosion of a nuclear device on one of their smaller islands but
fortunately had not yet reached the point of packaging it into a
portable bomb by the time we dropped ours on their cities. Apparently,
our side had no inkling they were at that stage of development and at
the war's end all pertinent records were destroyed by the Japanese
prior to our occupation (Except for one set of papers that a Japanese
scientist's widow brought forth only recently). The follow up
investigation uncovered potential Japanese plans to deliver atomic
bombs, not only on US fleets but on our larger west coast cities by
aircraft launched from their large submarines. Assuming that all of
this is true, can there be any question that the Japanese military
regime of that time would not have used "Their Bomb" if they had
reached final development first? Just wondering?
-George "Pappy" Swan ('59) ~ in "Oh I say, ratha toasty" Burbank, WA
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Re: On the Beach!
I got e-mails from Carol Burt ('61) and Gerry Lattin ('61) telling me
they don't remember spending a day at the beach with me, BUT they
remember spending some wonderful afternoons and evening with Bill
Craddock ('61) and Jack Gardiner ('61) water skiing on the Columbia
River! Well, it was a good dream while it lasted.
-Mike Brady ('61)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from the home of my brother, Roy Cross ('65) who sadly is
so overwhelmed after looking after his 3 darling children who he had
later in life than some of us, that he can't seem to fit reading the
Sandstorm into his schedule. I have really enjoyed traveling around
the state and visiting some friends and family. I was most taken with
the beauty of the Columbia River around the Vantage area on my drive
south from Twisp, WA. But the beauty of the entire state is always
calming to me.
I also had a most interesting call while I was in Twisp visiting a
non-Bomber friend, as it turns out that a friend of hers is a friend
of mine. Virginia Ehrig ('58 could have been, she did early college
entry way back then) is living around the Twisp - Winthrop area now.
Sadly, she is battling cancer for the third time, and it is quite
serious. She was so surprised and pleased to talk with me, I know she
would love hearing from other Bombers. If you ask me I will send you
her information as she could certainly use some cheery news.
We will be starting our drive back to Indiana this weekend, so I may
not be online every day.
I ALWAYS love being in the Tri-Cities, and walking along the Columbia
River is my favorite spot of the favorites.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ soon to be back home by the little lake.
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>>From: Frank Whiteside ('63)
Re: Basketball player at Chief Jo
To: Gary Behymer ('64)
After perusing my two surviving Chief Jo yearbooks, I didn't see
anyone that seemed as tall as you mentioned, but one guy that I
remember who stood out was Roger Brunelle ('61). He was quite tall
and mature, and I believe I remember him playing basketball at one
time. I lost my '57-'58 yearbook somewhere along the way, so I'm not
sure who may have been in that group at the time.
-Frank Whiteside ('63)
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>>Rick Donnell ~ Class of 1961 ~ 2/25/43 - 8/17/05
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8 Bombers sent stuff:
Lenora Hughes ('55), Mike Brady ('61)
Frank Whiteside ('63), Jim Hamilton ('63)
Pook Smith ('63), Gary Behymer ('64)
Betti Avant ('69), Jen Frank ('02)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don Fisher ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Larry & LaVerne Osterman ('51)
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>>From: Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55)
Re: Loretta Ostboe Fraser's ('55) birthday
This is belatedly in the Sandstorm, but just wanted to acknowledge my
friend, Loretta Ostboe Fraser ('55) on her birthday. It was yesterday,
but my heart is in my best wishes for her as I sent this today. Hope
that your day was very special and that you celebrated with gusto!
-Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55) ~ Las Vegas, NV - where the weather is
very pleasant right now.
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Re: Rick Donnell ('61-RIP)
I am saddened to hear of the passing of Rick Donnell. Rick was a
wonderful guy. I will always remember his warmth, his artistic
talent and his smile. My condolences to his family and friends.
-Mike Brady ('61)
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>>From: Frank Whiteside ('63)
Re: Basketball player at Chief Jo
To: Gary Behymer ('64)
I just realized who your mysterious basketball player was. I remember
when Coach Piippo and Charles Solomon ('64) were working out with him.
It wasn't Roger Brunelle ('61) like I thought yesterday. I'm sure it
was Bill Kidwell who was about a year ahead of me. He was very tall
and looked as if he were 25 in the 9th grade. I knew Bill at that time
because he lived across from me on Jadwin. His dad was in the Army.
I believe his dad transferred before he ever reached high school.
Although he was very tall and mature, he was quite awkward at that
time as I recall. But, who knows, maybe like other late bloomers he
went on to be a basketball star somewhere else.
-Frank Whiteside ('63)
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>>From: Jim Hamilton ('63)
To: My good friend and fellow Kirklandite, Mike Brady ('61)
I think it was either Frank Osgard ('63WB) or Mark Twain who said
"Damn those eye witnesses, they sure can ruin a good story".
We feel your pain.
jimbeaux
-Jim Hamilton ('63)
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>>From: Pook Smith ('63)
To: Ray Stein ('64)
Since Hudson's Bay has been a recent subject about our '62 & '63
games, I want to remind you of what ART's exception of our third
place in '62 when the Hudson Bay coach - who was not a happy camper -
said "We want you all to know that next year we will be back to win".
Then Dawald replied that he should remember that we will be back too!
He was on the money as usual.
-Pook Smith ('63)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: Bill Kidwell
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2005/Xtra/050821-Behymer-Kidwell.jpg
I believe I found a picture of the 'very' tall non-basketball player.
I believe he is also in the 1960 Columbian. My man was Bill Kidwell?
This photo was in my 1959 Warrior...
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
To: My "big brother", Robert Avant ('69)
Welcome to the Alumni Sandstorm world. I know you will enjoy it as
much as I do as you have already contributed. Do contribute from time
to time as I do when someone rings a bell with a memory. I know I look
forward to my morning read. Thanks Maren & Richard for all that you
both do.
-Betti Avant ('69), the little sister by 6 whole minutes
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>>From: Jen Frank ('02)
Re: Bomber Basketball and all the Memories
It has been so much fun reading everyone's stories about the 'long
ago' basketball days. My family moved to Richland in 1986 and started
taking us to basketball games as soon as the season started. I
remember the guys like Andrew Coleman ('97), Juggy Hundal ('94),
Aric Buck ('95), Nkere Reed ('95), Doug Shultz ('95)... you get where
I'm going. I was the little girl at state all painted up with my pom
poms and green and gold everywhere (like there weren't a bunch of us
:)). I played basketball in high school, as did my brother and my
sister and all of our friends. As time has gone, many other sports
have also made a name and provided that Bomber tradition to the
reputation that glows from the RHS campus. I still come home from
college when it's time for state to start... I miss it too much and
it is the only place that I have ever been where there is so much
school spirit and dedication to one school.
We have lived on Davison Ave. since we moved to Richland putting us
in Hanford High School territory. When my little sister was about
three, Steve Buck told her she couldn't be a Richland Bomber, because
where her house said that she had to be a Hanford Falcon. She very
positively responded "I don't care what my house says, I don't like
the Hanford Falcons and I will be a Bomber!" She had originally told
my Dad he was going to have to buy a new house so she could attend
RHS. She graduated this year as a member of the Class of 2005 as a
Bomber, and so technically ends my family's involvement at RHS. The
thing is, as you all know, once you are a Bomber, you are always a
Bomber, green and gold through and through.
Missing the Traditions and some Good Basketball,
-Jen Frank ('02) ~ Boise, ID - where it's supposed to be a scorching
98 today and classes start again on Monday.
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/22/05
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5 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Jim Jensen ('50), Mike Clowes ('54)
Sandie Karshen ('55WB), Mike Brady ('61)
Dwayne Bussman ('98)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathie Moore ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: BJ Davis (Bomber Mom)
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
The Alumni Sandstorm of 8/21 announced Don Fisher's ('50) birthday.
The last time I saw Don was at the Class of 1950 picnic which prefaced
the 1996 Club 40 program. Other than a little gray hair and very few
pounds, he hadn't changed very much from the earlier, "last time" I saw
him around the mid-fifties. I first met Don and his brother Jack ('51)
in the mid-forties when we attended church in a few rooms of Lewis &
Clark Grade School. Don played football in high school and Jack was
a cross-country runner. Don made a major contribution to the success
of RHS during Coach Rish's early days and that contribution was later
recognized when, in 1994, he was inducted into Richland High School's
Hall of Fame. Don's son, Mark ('76), was accorded the same honor at
the same time. Despite his success as a superb athlete and recognition
by all who knew him that he was an individual with an abundance of
positive attributes, Don remained somewhat reserved and always humble.
He was a quiet leader. I'm certain that Don has maintained those
admirable characteristics throughout his years.
Many happy returns, Don. You have always been a man worthy of
emulation.
Fellow Bombers, stand and cheer for one of Richland's finest.
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: Latest Returns Dept.
New figures have just been handed in to the newsroom. Here are the
latest tallies, with 87 0/0 or the precincts reporting:
Class of '45 - 2
Class of '46 - 1
Class of '47 - 3
Class of '48 - 3
Class of '49 - 7
Class of '51 - 4
Class of '52 - 18
Class of '53 - 16
Class of '54 - 19
Class of '55 - 78 (and that includes BOTH Roger Myers)
Class of '56 - 7
Class of '57 - 9
Class of '58 - 10
Class of '59 - 8
Class of '60 - 46
Class of '61 - 5
Class of '62 - 2
Class of '63 - 1
Class of '70 - 1 (a spouse of a Club 40 member)
Time is getting short, and we do need a good figure to give the cook so
that there will be enough food for all. And it has just occurred to me
why the Class of '50 is not there this year. French Fries and gravy for
dessert on Friday night is no longer on the menu.
The total count at this time is 283 on Friday and 213 on Saturday
(including spouses and significant others).
Join in on the fun.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) - from almost hot downtown Albany, OR
p.s. Still looking for more of the usual suspects to sign in.
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From the new ALL Bomber Alumni GuestBook:
>>From: Sandie Karshen Lukins ('55WB)
Sunday 08/21/2005 2:05:29pm
COMMENTS: None
-Sandie Karshen Lukins ('55WB)
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
To: Gary Behymer ('64)
Gary,
Are you sure that picture of Bill Kidwell isn't from a photo line-up
of prisoners from Walla Walla?
-Mike Brady ('61)
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>>From: Dwayne Bussman ('98)
Re: Bomber Basketball
I moved here when I was 5 and remember going to Richland High to watch
my uncle, Charlie Bussman, coach. I watched him when he coached the
boys and girls. When I became a Bomber, I loved it. I remember going
to all the games like any other Bomber student. My senior year was
the best, because both the girls and guys went to state and I got to go
there for the first time. What an experience!! Then when I graduated,
I still went to games, just not as much.
Then my cousin Tim Bussman ('04), played for them, and there I was
again, at almost all the games. Now that he has graduated, I may not be
at all the games, but I will go as often as I can.
Like Jen Frank ('02) said, once you're a Bomber, you're always a Bomber.
-Dwayne Bussman ('98) ~ Richland
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>>Duane Owen Allred ('56) ~ 2/4/38 - 8/18/05
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/23/05
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9 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Mary Triem ('47)
Betty Hiser ('49), Ann Pearson ('50)
Lenora Hughes ('55), Mike Brady ('61)
Kathy O'Neil ('63), Vic Marshall ('71)
Tracy Cole ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Spears ('53)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene Horne ('57)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donni Clark ('63)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: All stars
As long as the subject seems to be "the best athletes ever" let's have a
little fun.
With my usual brilliant expertise I will name the best of the forties.
Today will be basketball, football and baseball the next couple days.
I pick only the best players, no regard to position.You younger folks
have never heard of most of these guys. So don't argue with me.
Kenny Grubb ('45RIP), Bud Row ('47RIP), Chuck Larrabee ('47),
Orv Marcum ('48RIP), Gene Conley ('48).
The best team, was '46-'47. They were very good and league champs, but
did nothing at State. I was in the Army then and came in from Ft. Lewis
to watch. On entering Hec Ed pavilion, I saw a sea of green and gold
with big R letters, clear up to the ceiling. No, they weren't our fans,
but those of Roosevelt (Seattle) one of the favorites. The Bombers lost
two and were out. However, they had beaten Pasco (ugh) earlier, who did
take State.
I invite others to do the other decades. I know quite a bit about the
fifties, but not much beyond. Tom Tracy ('55) can do the fifties, but
only if he includes himself.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
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>>From: Mary Triem Mowery ('47)
To: Col-Hi class of '47
Where are all of you??? I don't see many names on the Club 40
registration list! Since one of our classmates was in the obits
yesterday, we need to remember that once a year we can meet and
greet all of our old friends and enjoy them!!
Mary Triem Mowery, a '47 Bomber
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
To: Don Fisher ('50)
Both my kids said to wish you a very happy birthday and many more.
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland - warmish today.
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
To: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
As a member of the class of '50, I am somewhat surprised that no one
from our illustrious class deems to attend the Club 40 Fete... however,
since I never heard of the french fries and gravy (except it being
mentioned as a "treat" at the reunions), I doubt that is the reason!
Have no idea when that menu started, but think it was after the '50
group. They didn't have that at the drive in!!
-Ann Pearson Burrows ('50) ~ Down here in San Diego area it is hot
and muggy... so un San Diego..
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>>From: Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55)
Re: Birthdays
I would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to two special people.
Gene Horne ('57) and Donni Clark Dunphy ('63). Hope that both of you
have a wonderful day today. You are both very deserving of special
Birthday wishes!
-Lenora Hughes Bejarano ('55)
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>>From: Mike Brady ('61)
Re: Where is Bill Kidwell?
Gary Behymer ('64) and I are on a world-wide search for Bill Kidwell
(Chief Jo, 1959). No one has seen him since the 9th grade. I'm not
necessarily a conspiracy theorist, but I'm convinced the two guys
standing next to him in the picture (see Gary's entry 8/21/05
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2005/Xtra/050821-Behymer-Kidwell.jpg)
kidnapped him by gun point.
Your assistance is absolutely necessary.
Thank you and good luck.
-Mike Brady ('61)
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>>From: Kathy O'Neil Childs ('63)
Re: Successful coaches
I really enjoyed reading Ray Stein's ('64) comments on what Art Dawald
did to "psych" up his players, as well as his great poem on Richland
basketball. I clearly remember watching many basketball games and
wondering what the coaches were saying to their players. Richland had
fantastic players and excellent coaches. I'd love to hear from other
former Richland players about how their coaches inspired the teams and
the individual players!
-Kathy O'Neil Childs ('63) ~ Los Altos, CA
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>>From: Vic Marshall ('71)
Re: Bomber B-Ball Families
Okay Mike Davis ('74) -since you continue to claim Mike Neill ('75) as
the greatest Bomber roundballer of all time, that would seem to give a
great deal of merit to naming the Neills (Phill ('66), Steve ('72) and
Mike ('75)} as the pre-eminent Bomber Hoop family of all time. I think
I see a controversy brewing.
I don't know about the rest of the eras but I can think of a few other
families - led by your own that could lay claim to the title. I think
also think that the Andersons, Hollicks, Gottschalks and possibly
Hogans had 3 or more Bomber hoopsters.
You could look at total points, games won, State, Regional and District
records. Oh, the possibilities are endless. Since Bomber trivia was
never my strong suit, I will leave it to you, Greg Alley ('73), and all
you other "experts" out there to comment.
Mike Franco ('70) - you have been noticeably absent from all this, and
we know as the "Mobil Answer Man"... you have always been ready with
the "right stuff". What say yee?
Bomber Cheers,
-Vic Marshall ('71)
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>>From: Tracy Cole Heidelberg ('76)
Re: Diesel Heidelberg ('78) - 1959 - 2004
One year ago yesterday, August 22, 2004, Danny "Diesel" Heidelberg ('78)
passed away. Please raise your fishing poles, golf clubs, and beer
glasses in remembrance to our friend and brother Heidel Deidel.
-Tracy Cole Heidelberg ('76)
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>>Chip Abrams ~ Class of 1965 ~ 6/19/47 - 8/17/05
FuneralNotices.tripod.com/
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/24/05
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10 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber funeral notice today:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Ken Ely ('49)
Ann Clancy ('50), George Swan ('59)
Marilyn Swan ('63), Ray Stein ('64)
Patty de la Bretonne ('65), Rod Brewer ('65)
Diane Carpenter ('72), Mike Davis ('74)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Nancie Millius ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Vicki Case ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Don Wade ('70)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: Baseball List
Today I introduce my baseball greats of the forties, again w/o regard
to position.
Kenny Grubb p, ('45RIP), Leroy Pyles c, ('45RIP), Ray Hultman 1b ('47),
Don Richey of, ('47RIP), Dale Gier p, ('48), Orv Marcum of, c, ('48RIP),
Gene Conley p, ('48).
Actually Gene and Orv could play any position. Most of the guys above
went on to become great adult softballers, Orv and Don becoming all
state. Kenny and Don played adult softball while they were still in
high school. Kenny was drafted by the White Sox, but had a health
issue, and died quite young.
I can't pick the best team of the forties, because they were all quite
good. Richland has always produced the best in baseball, see the
results this year.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
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>>From: Ken Ely ('49)
Re: French Fries w/Gravy
In the early days of Richland, before there were drive-ins, the only
place in town to eat was the Cafeteria. After an evening of activity,
we would congregate at the Cafeteria and eat French Fries covered with
gravy. The cafeteria later became The Mart with retail stores and even
a bar called the Evergreen Room. I'm surprised you didn't remember
that, Ann Pearson ('50).
-Ken Ely ('49) ~ Orangevale, CA
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[pictures of the Cafeteria. ]
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>>From: Ann Clancy Andrews ('50)
Re: Club 40
I am in agreement with Ann Pearson Burrows ('50) regarding the BIG
ZERO for our class on the roll call for Club 40 this year. I challenge
former class mates who live in the Tri-Cities area to step up and
represent those of us who cannot attend.
Re: french fries and gravy
I don't know about french fries and gravy at the drive in but do know
that after we hung out at the Hi-Spot we would go to the "cafeteria'
and hang out a little longer. French fries with gravy and cherry cokes
were always consumed. Who knew or even heard of fat grams!
At least that's how it was with my friends until 1950.
Another memory about the "good old days"
-Ann Clancy Andrews ('50) ~ In Sacramento, CA - where the state fair is
full swing and the weather has cooled enough to make the
experience enjoyable.
Speaking for Ann and myself, if I may, come on you '50 Bombers!!
Make it happen!!
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
Re: Going buggy
Rejoice, those of you who hunt! Hunting season is upon us once again,
bringing with it the joys of going afield accompanied by favorite dogs
and hunting partners. Even if you don't hunt there are still some good
fishing and camping trips left this year. However, the fall season
always brings with it some unwanted associates -- Bugs -- mosquitoes,
gnats, no-see-ums, ticks, wasps, yellow jackets, black flies, and
fleas, just to name a few. They bite, swarm in our faces, and generally
attempt to drive us, well, BUGGY! They can defile the cleanest
windshield in a matter of seconds. I have always heard that you could
tell a motorcycle rider when he smiled due to the bugs in his teeth.
However, bikers seem to have learned how to cope with that problem,
which I think, explains why they never smile when roaring down the
road. Or, perhaps it is because even a small bug hitting the face at
50+ mph can bring even a grown man to tears so maybe they are in pain
all of the time.
Bugs have many other annoying habits. In the duck blind, I have
momentarily gone to the ready while focusing on a lone duck coming in,
only to realize that the "lone duck" was just a bug hovering about two
feet in front of my face. That's when a more experienced hunter (like
us old guys) will straighten up and say, "Hmm, there was a single
coming in but he must have flown the other way."
They're out there -- just waiting for us. In damp areas, mosquitoes
lurk for one last chance to commit their vampire acts of aggression on
hunters and dogs. Meat-eating yellow jackets wait poised to pounce on
fresh meat during the warm weather of early fall. I have endured swarms
of yellow jackets that literally covered game as it is being dressed.
Likewise, trying to eat a midday outdoor meal is a real ordeal with the
little buggers covering your plate. When I was a kid and growing up
around the Tri-Cities, ticks were something associated with going to
the mountains. Now, ticks are abundant in the vegetation here all along
our local rivers. Fleas are always more common during the dry season.
Even wasps seem to be more prevalent also. And, on a recent fishing
trip to Moon Lake in the High Uinta Mountains of Utah, I had my first
and a most unpleasant encounter with biting black flies. The owners of
the resort called them "Buffalo Gnats." I'm sure the editors wouldn't
print what I called them.
Every fall season hunters, fishermen (and "fisherwomen" too), and
campers must endure these annoying little critters until the first good
chilling frost. So, how do we cope with them until "Jack" shows up?
When younger, I wanted to go in pursuit of "the great outdoors" no
matter what so I made the best of it. When in the woods, like many
adolescents, I always wanted to look more experienced -- older (now
an irreversible phenomenon). One short-lived but somewhat creative
technique that I hit upon was allowing the thick clouds of mosquitoes
to settle on my face to create the illusion of having a thick beard. I
soon realized through the agony of mega-multiple mass bites that this
was somewhat less than a good idea. And, adding gross insult to gross
injury, the uncooperative little "wee-beasties" failed to arrange
themselves in any semblance of a well-trimmed beard. Furthermore, their
random clustering upon my young face made me look a lot like Wolf-man
Jack. I immediately, if not sooner, abandoned that idea. I like to
recall that particular decision as a genuine milestone in the early
stages of my wisdom acquisition process.
I considered a number of alternative defenses for the attacks by
"killer bugs." Once, I tried "smudging," by building a roaring fire and
smothering it with green foliage (now considered most politically and
environmentally incorrect). This kept the bugs at bay in the immediate
vicinity of the fire (well, maybe a couple of feet) but left me and my
clothes smelling much like a smoldering refuse dump on a damp winter
day. In addition, I attracted six Boy Scouts offering to show me how to
build a proper fire and one search and rescue helicopter. I abandoned
that idea soon after being knocked flat on my fanny by a load of fire
retardant dumped from a low flying aerial tanker -- A failed good idea.
Pappy’s Revelation: Where there's smoke – there's not always fire –
maybe just a half-crazed kid covered with mega-multiple mass bug bites.
Once while snooping through my dad's fishing gear, I discovered an old
"moth-eaten" Boonie Hat with a bug net hanging from the brim (much like
a beekeeper's hat). This contraption seemed most promising when I first
tried it out on a deer hunt -- until a large population of skeeters
gained entry by infiltrating through the breeches in my security net
system. Like tiny, high-pitch motored, fighter planes they began flying
the pattern around my head. Further concentration on the hunt proved
most difficult (well impossible) with my eyes involuntarily tracking
all that close air traffic performing flybys (like a small-scale air
show). My eyes went crossed every time one did a touch and go on my
nose, not to mention the anticipation of each impending bite -- Another
failed good idea.
Now, I did eventually achieve some success in this endeavor, even if it
was short lived, ummm -- very short lived, okay maybe I had no success
at all. However, I discovered that completely submerging myself
underwater brought instant relief, but unfortunately only for brief
periods, as I couldn't seem to hold my breath beyond 30 seconds, well
maybe 15 seconds ... or less. And furthermore, once I surfaced the bugs
renewed their attack with a greater ferocity on wet prey. So, like my
movie star heroes of yesteryear, I tried breathing through a straw --
only to come exploding out of the water gagging on the bugs that I
sucked down my personal breathing apparatus. Yep ... and yet another
failed good idea. Okay so its tough hunting deer from underwater
anyway.
Years ago when I was still a pup, bug dopes found on the market, seemed
to attract bugs more than repel them and actually seemed to assist
the bugs in locating you. Once the bugs had eaten the so-called
"repellent" off of you, they proceeded with vigor to feast on your skin
like little buzzards dining on leftovers. Many times, I have reflected
upon this most perplexing problem -- around a smoky campfire -- and
with tear-filled red eyes, I have chokingly reached the following
conclusion: The bug dope people should have been more straight forward
with us. When we were kids, the bug dope marketing philosophy should
have been revised to include a free insect control device (a fly
swatter) with each bottle of attractant (I mean repellent) purchased
and an attached set of instructions reading: 1) Apply "Super Anti-Bug
Stuff" liberally to exposed skin and wherever. 2) Wait patiently until
a mega-multiple number of bugs are consuming your skin. 3) Whack the
holy living daylights out of yourself with the insect control device.
4) Researchers have found that working in two-person teams thereby
whacking the holy living daylights out of each other to be the most
productive. 5) Therefore, one may find it more efficient to purchase
two "Super Anti-Bug Stuff Systems" (at the super bargain price of
course because if one is good, more is better). 6) Thus, "Super Anti-
Bug Stuff System" will not only allow you to deal with annoying bugs
but annoying family members and friends as well. 7) In addition, you
can invite other folks you just don't like to join in. "Super Anti-Bug
Stuff system" will provide and opportunity for coming together in a
harmonious mutual effort to enjoy the great outdoors. 8) And City folks
will enjoy the added bonus of venting those pent up feelings of stress
and frustration at both annoying bugs and annoying people. But, I
digress, of course -- as usual.
Nevertheless, take heart friends. Today's improved insect repellents
are much more effective so relief is just a swipe or a squirt away and
there are some pretty good bug-proof, outdoors clothing items on the
market now. I found a package deal of repellents by "Cutter" at Costco
with five different containers (three wipes and two sprays) at a price
of only $9.95. We put them to the test on adults and children in the
mountains of Utah and they kept biting black flies and mosquitoes at
bay for up to two hours before a need to reapply. Containing the active
ingredient "DEET," the repellents are also effective against ticks,
gnats, no-see-ums, fleas, and even those nasty chiggers (if you already
live or plan to venture back east). But, read and follow the directions
on the label. For dogs, use a good tick and flea powder. We also found
the wipes effective for the dogs after lightly wiping their bellies,
ears, under the chin, and top of their heads (places where they can't
lick the repellent). Keep the solutions away from the mouth and eyes
of people and dogs, and wash your hands after applying it to avoid
forgetting and rubbing your eyes.
Yes friends and fellow Bombers, I went "Buggy." Some say I was already
"Buggy." But now, I see the light. There are no more dark clouds of
bugs before my face. I feel like singing!
-George "Pappy" Swan ('59) ~ Burbank, WA ~ Where its still hot but
gradually cooling as the early mornings now have that certain
coolness and unique smell of -- autumn coming -- that feeling
that always announces the coming of football and hunting seasons.
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>>From: Marilyn Swan Beddo ('63)
To: Donni Clark Dunphy ('63)
I wanted to send Happy Birthday wishes yesterday (8/23) to one of my
dearest friends ever. Hope you had a special day!! I can never forget
your birthday now as my youngest granddaughter, Paris, was born one
year ago yesterday on your birthday!!
-Marilyn Swan Beddo ('63)
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>>From: Ray Stein ('64)
Re: Richland/Davis game
Someone pointed out to me that I had the wrong score in my poem.
It should have read: Bombers 72 Pirates 65 (not 67). We won by seven!
Pun: Eves ago, log now's reb mob (Pirates), all 'Abes' on 'D' (rah
'D'). Dawald, "On my Gym? No!" (D-law). Add hard-nose ball, a set, a
rip. Bombers won! Go log a Seven Up!
Palindromically yours,
Ray Stein ('64)
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>>From: Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
I was so sad to read of Chip Abram's ('65-RIP) death. We were not close
friends but he was always one of my favorite classmates. I remember him
as a kind, funny and very intelligent guy. I'm sorry he's gone from us.
-Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
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>>From: Rod Brewer ('65)
Re: '63-'64 by Stein
"The Bombers had Stein and Webb,
'nuff said.."
oh, and if Ray hadn't fouled out at the end of 3 against Renton, well,
you figure it out.
-Rod Brewer ('65)
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>>From: Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
Hello Fellow Bombers,
My mother applied as a surviving widow to receive compensation under
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program; my
step-dad, Bill Blalock, died of Hodgkin's disease almost 21 years ago
after working in the Area for many, many years. My mom just received a
notice recommending denial of her claim and she has 60 days to appeal.
I don't live in Richland so am not up on the details of this issue.
I am writing to ask if anyone can give me any advice or information
to pass on to my mom about how to go about appealing this decision.
(Possibly this topic has been discussed in the Sandstorm but I have not
been reading for about a year and a half.) Are there any attorneys who
are taking these cases on a contingency basis? My mom can't afford to
pay an attorney unless she does receive compensation, but I'm guessing
that an attorney will be essential to an appeal.
Does anyone know what percent of these applications are being denied/
accepted? Has anyone who's been denied, successfully appealed? Any
advice will be very helpful and very welcome. I have no idea where to
start, and my mom is totally intimidated by anything of this nature.
(I am clueless but not intimidated!)
Since I do not receive the Sandstorm, you'll have to e-mail me
directly. Thank you so much.
-Diane Carpenter Kipp ('72)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
Last Comment on Bomber Hoop Greats
I have but two words to say.........Dog Soldat ('71)
Case closed, argument over!!
-Mike Davis ('74)
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Funeral Notice
>>Ramona Ricketts Dickerson ('51) ~ 1934 - 8/17/05
http://RichlandBombers.com/FuneralNotices.html
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/25/05
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Ann Pearson ('50)
Lora Homme ('60), Helen Cross ('62)
Carol Converse ('64), Gary Behymer ('64)
Susan Hurst ('65), Kerry A. Steichen ('74)
James Becker ('83)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry Swain ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharen Manolopoulos ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Greg Stone ('80)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: Football list
Today I present my the best of the Forties, in my favorite sport,
football, again without regard to position played.
Kenny Grubb, tb ('45RIP), Chalky Conway, hb ('45), Hal Ludwig, fb ('45),
Leroy Pyles, g ('46RIP), Don (Pinky) Bloomer, g ('46RIP),
Don Richey, hb ('47RIP), Dale Gier, qb ('48), Mel Thompson, g ('48RIP).
Chuck Crowder, c lb ('48RIP).
Kenny made all my teams, because he was such a great athlete. He was
triple threat, passing, running and punting. We set pins together, and
the next thing I knew he was playing in the men's league with nearly a
200 average. Hal had oversized calves and hit the line like a bag of
bricks. Chalky looked slow because he ran so awkwardly, but was a ten
second runner. He was all knees and elbows and downright dangerous to
tackle. Pinky went back to Louisville and became all-state in one year.
Dale and Mel went on to become college stars. Dale to Eastern and Mel
to WSC. He later saw the light and coached at the UW for a number of
years.
The best team by far was 1944... big, fast, deep, and tough. Using a
single wing, the running attack was brutal. Only playing together that
one year, by the end they could have beaten anyone. There may have
been better teams in RHS history, but none tougher. Depression kids,
Construction brats, and swing from the heel guys. Oddly, the worst
team in RHS history was the next year, 1945. I oughta know because I
played on both. Most of the great players from '44 graduated, went in
the service, or left with duPont.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
Re: French Fries and Gravy
Well, I knew someone would step up to the plate and set me straight
about where they served French Fries and Gravy... I still don't
remember eating any!! Come on Kenny, you expect me to believe that you
have a picture of me eating that???? And I spoke with my sister, Judi
Pearson Parker ('54), last night and she had no recollection of french
fries and gravy!! I do remember the Mart... and the Evergreen "Cocktail
Lounge" where I was served my first alcoholic beverage on my 21st
B'day... in attendance were Sandra Atwater ('5RIP), Dorothy Hickey ('51),
Jo Cawdrey ('50) and Bugsy Griffin ('50)!! It was a big event which
we celebrated as each of us hit the magic age.
And I agree with Ann Clancy ('50)... come on you guys in Richland!
Don't let our class be the only one not represented... I shall not
mention the people by name who live in the Tri-City area and could
give up a few hours to represent us!! Also, Ann, I don't remember a
cafeteria by the Hi-Spot... I must have gone through my teens with
blinders on, cuz there sure are a lot of things I don;t remember...
but then my parents made me come home at 10pm so what went on after
that was only known to my friends who could stay out later!!
-Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
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>>From: Lora Homme Page ('60)
Re: The Fly Conspiracy
Speaking of bugs, it's fall already. I know this because the flies are
slooowly circling! Why is it that all summer long they go energetically
and single-mindedly about their business of spreading filth and
disease, never lighting anywhere long enough for me to swat their
revolting little black bodies to death without first whapping and
whomping all over the house in my determined pursuit?
Now you'd think I was their best friend! They want to cuddle! YUK, YUK,
SHUDDER! A fly sits on my knee, I shoo it away, it sits on my foot, I
shoo it away, it sits on my arm, I take careful aim and SLAP... my arm
where it was until just before my hand arrived. Meanwhile, as my eyes
water and I'm rubbing my arm where the red handprint is, the fly is
serenely settling cozily on my nose. MY NOSE, for God's sake!!
I don't know about you, but I tend to overreact rather dramatically
when there's a fly on my FACE! I've never given myself a black eye or
anything, but it certainly is a possibility.
Maybe it's a plot: The Fly Conspiracy. They are the world's smallest
terrorists and their intent is to get us to beat ourselves to death!
WHERE'S MY RAID!!?
-Lora Homme Page ('60), AKA The Fly Stalker (I think I need tights
and a cape.)
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[HINT: Flies take off BACKWARDS -- improve the odds... swat BEHIND
them... you'll be amazed... -Maren]
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
I am on one of these library computers where the time is running out.
I promise I will send Virginia Ehrig's ('58WB) address as soon as I
can. We've just been in beautiful northern Idaho at L P.O. I can't
spell it [Do you mean Lake Pend Oreille? -Maren], but it was so
beautiful, peaceful and quiet, with WSU friends from the past. And now
we are driving through Montana, the view is sort of fantastic, as least
the place isn't burning up as it usually does. Hope to see Carol Rice
Forister ('62) in K.C. on my way back to the house by the little lake.
But I'm running out of minutes here.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ Miss Washington already
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>>From: Carol Converse Maurer ('64)
To: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
My cousin lives in New Hampshire and always tells me about those
"yucky black flies". They get them during the spring for a few weeks
and then they are gone. She says you can't go outside at that time
without paying for it.
Your article was really funny. Been way too long since you wrote in
last.
-Carol Converse Maurer ('64)
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
If he were still alive... Robert 'Bruce' Whiteside (a should have
been 1964 Richland Bomber)... would be celebrating his 59th birthday
this Sunday, August 28th. A former U.S. Army Lieutenant and veteran
of the Viet Nam War, Bruce died in June of 1988.
Salute.
http://rhs1964.tripod.com/RIP/RIP-WhitesideBruce61.jpg
-Gary Behymer ('64)
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>>From: Susan Hurst ('65)
Re: Chip Abrams ('65-RIP)
I was saddened to read of Chip's death even though I'd found out at our
reunion in June that cancer was overwhelming his body. I'd just gotten
off a card to him the first part of August reminiscing about how
our parents used to car pool us to the Square Dance lessons at the
Community Center when we were in 6th or 7th grade. We only lived a
block apart and our moms were friends so they took turns driving us.
I'm not sure we ever partnered up once we got there, but I do remember
enjoying the square dancing. I also enjoyed talking to Chip at some of
our reunions probably the last time at our 35th reunion. He came across
as a caring and well grounded human being. He still had that grin that
I remember all through school and his sense of humor. I'm sure he will
be missed by all the knew him.
Sincerely,
-Susan Hurst ('65)
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>>From: Kerry A. Steichen ('74)
Re: Softball Greats
I want to introduce my softball greats of the '70s+ that took 4th
place in the Greater Boeing Open this last weekend.
Being the only one not living in the Tri-Cities but wanting a team
of family members to complete I talked my three brothers (Kim ('72),
Dana ('76), Rial ('78)) and one sister (Alicia ('80)) and her husband
to add to my 4 kids, 2 nephews, and 4 friends. We played 4 games in
the Seattle area last Saturday. We had great weather, lots of fun
playing together and just another chance to spend some time together.
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/htm2005/Xtra/050825-Steichen-softball.jpg
-Kerry A. Steichen ('74)
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>>From: James Becker ('83)
Re: Bomber Death no-funeral
I am sad to announce the death of my sister, Valerie Rene Becker ('81),
who I loved and admired very much. She died peacefully Sunday morning
on the 21st in Southern Idaho where she chose to spend the last few
weeks of her life. She is survived by two beautiful daughters, three
sisters, her Mother & Father, and me - her brother. She lost a short
battle with pancreatic cancer, and she is truly in a better place.
There will be no funeral (at her request).
If anyone deserved a celebration of life it was my sister. She
influenced everything about me from my character to my love of
athletics and art.
I already miss you, Val.
-James Becker ('83)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/26/05
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13 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Betty Hiser ('49)
Bill Berlin ('56), Ken Heminger ('56WB)
Lora Homme ('60), Tom Verellen ('60)
Pook Smith ('63), Ray Kelly ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Lamont Worden ('65)
Linda McKnight ('65), Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
Robin Frister ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gene Keller ('50)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Richard Twedt ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon Hopkins ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sharon Sasser ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Joyce Soehnlein ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Merle Huesties ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gauin Moore ('82)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: Other lists
This is the last of my missiles.
I did not rate track because I don't know anything about it re those
days. I did hear they had a good team with some speed and heft from
other sports. I never turned out for track, but I know at distances
I could beat anyone in Richland. You have heard that the fox runs for
dinner, while the rabbit runs for it's life. 'Nuff said.
I did not rate tennis either. In one DustStorm I teased them for having
such lovely white letter sweaters. Ol' buddy John Sullivan ('46) called
me and claimed they went undefeated in 1946. Maybe so. I do wish you
would go to the Bomber page, pull the 1945 Annual, and check sports,
tennis. John is the one on the left. I asked him if he ever tried to
jump over the net. I just got a nasty look in return. While there, turn
to football, and note the 1945 team. There is pic of the first team in
stance, with Norman Dam ('45) cut out. Note the leather helmets, and
no face guards. I told you they were tough. The pic of the five guys
below look like they were 30 years old. There were four members of the
2nd string in the pics. I told you they were deep.
There were no women's sports. They did play a stupid basketball game
on half court, defense on one end, offense on the other. Ladies were
incapable of running the full length. And those bloomers!
I also did not mention anyone from 1949. There were some I could
have, Whitey Schell ('51), Dave Brusie ('51), Don Fisher ('50), Will
Meicenhiemer ('50), etc. They played some in the Forties, but they all
graduated in the wrong decade.
Who was the best coach? John Eubanks, football. He took 35 disorganized
teenagers in August, and turned them into a real team in November. The
worst? By far, R.C. (Jack) Hoff, 1944-'45, who cut Orv Marcum, Gene
Conley and Chuck Larrabee.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
To: Ann Pearson Burrows ('50) - The only cafeteria that was near the
Hi-Spot was the old Mart. It started out being a huge cafeteria and was
later divided into: The Mart, Evergreen Room, cafeteria, drug store,
and jewelry store. I think the Hi-Spot had a very small place to buy
cokes, etc. I lived on Duane Street (which ended at Lee Boulevard). My
mother didn't care how late I stayed as she could look down the street
to see if the Hi-Spot was opened or closed. If I wasn't home 15 minutes
after the Hi-Spot closed, she would come down and drag my butt home. I
couldn't escape.
My memory is getting bad. I remember things that happened in high
school but not yesterday.
Lora Homme Page ('60) - it is definitely getting fall - I saw two, what
we used to call in Ohio, horse flies. HUGE.
We had outhouses when I was a kid - and the flies never bothered me
until I had my kids and all I could think of was FILTH.
-Betty Hiser Gulley '49er - south/government Richland. Weather, right
at the moment is cool, but more hot weather expected.
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
Attn: All Bombers who live, lived, worked or traveled in or to Alaska
I am reading a little book called "ONE MAN'S WILDERNESS" (Costco or
Amazon) by Sam Keith from the journals of Richard Proenneke. Dick
chronicled his building a log cabin from scratch in the Twin Lakes
area 150 miles west of Anchorage in the 1970s. It is a quick and
very interesting read about a man who made the most of nature and its
products, or as Dick called it "nature's lumber yard." It was also the
subject of a PBS Show as Dick shot a lot of 16 mm film too. Always
shots of him coming or going away from the camera, which was fixed
on a tripod, thus no cameraman.
I knew Dick and stayed in his cabin (upper bunk) a couple of times
back in the days when I was flying. Twin Lakes is now part of the Lake
Clark National Wilderness area of Western Alaska and Lake Clark Pass
was how we flew into Anchorage from where I was based at King Salmon.
At the time I owned part of an air taxi operation there at King Salmon
and learned to fly there as well. Eventually I worked up to a multi-
engine, commercial, IFR/De-icing rating because we had a flight line
of Piper Arrows, Commanchie 6s, Cessna 182s on floats, Beavers,
Otters, Twin Otter, Widgeon, Goose and Mallard amphibians as well as
a Swerengine Metoliner and a Martin 580. I loved the Piper Arrow and
eventually bought one. It had retractable wheels, 145 hp Lycoming,
comfortable for 4 people and went like stink. I digress.
A couple of times a month I checked out a Cessna on floats because
I needed float time, which is a different ticket from an amphibian
rating, and would fly up to Twin Lakes to see Dick. I would always
bring him food stuffs (eggs, bacon slabs, canned butter, waxed eggs,
sugar and the odd can of Prince Albert pipe tobacco) and spend some
time with him. I probably learned more from Dick than all of college
and Masters degrees put together.
Later my father-in-law, who knew Dick from his early days in Kodiak,
built a cabin on Upper Twin Lake not far from Dick's and Dick did a lot
of the work on that building too. He just loved doing that stuff. I
was flying one of our Widgeons into ANCAK, as it is known to Alaskans
("Now you are in Anchorage you are only half an hour from Alaska") and
stopped and picked Dick up to go to the dentist in Anchorage and on the
way back he said ("...for $80 I could have done the same job with my
auger and a small bit..." Dick's cabin is now a historical site in the
Lake Clark Wilderness area.
I think that Dick and Burbank Pappy might have had a lot in common,
but if you want a "real nice" read, "ONE MAN'S WILDERNESS" will do
you good.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ in Anacortes, WA remembering my younger days in
King Salmon and Black Jack Daniels was an everyday event.
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>>From: Ken Heminger ('56WB)
Re: the Hi-Spot
http://richlandbombers.com/allbombers/HiSpot/00.html
I grew up in what is now West Richland, and didn't get out and about
as some in Richland did. I'm curious about the Hi-Spot. I remember
making it a couple of times to a place somewhere in Kennewick that
was normally a Night Club, but on occasion they would open it to us
teenagers. It was a perty swank place with table cloths and everything.
They even had up town entertainment, I remember they featured the Four
Aces one time that I was there... Anyway, was that the Hi-Spot or
something else?
-Ken Heminger ('56WB) ~ Great Falls, MT
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>>From: Lora Homme Page ('60)
Re: More Fly Conspiracy
And furthermore, how do flies know when you pick up a weapon? It
doesn't have to be a fly swatter. It can be a rolled up newspaper
or a magazine. I've even, upon occasion, attempted subterfuge.
Picture this: Fly who has been cruising my kitchen, disappearing and
appearing, seemingly at will, (I think they have tiny little Clingon
cloaking devices) finally lights on the counter and stays put for a
quick scan for errant crumbs. I spy him and freeze so as not to alert
him that he's been spotted. Then I slowly and casually move toward the
Penney's flyer laying on the table, pick it up as though to look for
bargains, and turn slowly and innocently, watching him from under my
eyelashes. Fly is just standing there on my counter looking at me with
what I'm sure is a superior smile on his disgusting, bug-eyed little
face. One glance at my fly basher and, poof! He's gone and he doesn't
appear again until I've put the Penney's flyer down where it's out of
reach.
Fly buzzes and buzzes around the kitchen with me following, frantically
waving him away from stuff. He even lights on ME now and again just so
I'll know who's boss. I reach for the swatter, turn, fly is gone. Lay
down the swatter, Fly is back. As long as you have the swatter in your
hand, they're nowhere in sight. You can stand there for an hour and
no fly. But just put it down for a second and here they come. It's
terrorism, pure and simple.
I discovered something quite by accident, Lysol kills flies as well as
Raid! I was washing down their landing pad with Lysol when one of
them, in his complacent certainly that I was harmless, sat down on the
counter to my left. Without thinking, I instantly turned and fired a
shot of Lysol and hit him! I was as surprised as he was. But HE died!
Ha ha ha ha ha! (Triumphant, evil laugh.)
Since then, I've discovered that just about any cleaning product is
somewhat effective and doesn't leave great splats of insect poison on
counters and cabinets that must be rigorously cleaned up. Windex works
great on fruit flies and cleans the mirror or window when you wipe it
off, multitasking, as it were.
Good grief, my life is so boring that I'm reduced to writing about
flies and cleaning products!
-Lora Homme Page ('60), AKA The Fly Stalker (my tights and cape are
kind of fun. The old bod isn't exactly Wonder Woman, but
at 63, who cares.)
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>>From: Tom Verellen ('60)
I hereby nominate two athletes from the class of 1960 (a class that
ends in zero) Phyllis Struck and Bob Frick to the Famous Bomber Hall
of Famous Bombers.
-Tom Verellen ('60) ~ near Lacey WA
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>>From: Pook Smith ('63)
Re: Bomber Hoops
Please let us not forget one of the great Bombers. He lead the state
in points scored... Theartis Wallace ('63) and not only that... he was
a damn good wide receiver in football! I should know... I was his Q-B
for several years.
-Pook Smith ('63)
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>>From: Ray Kelly ('63)
To: Lora Homme Page ('60)
Re: Flies
Your note on The Fly Conspiracy reminded me of how we used to deal with
the little pests when I worked as a locker attendant at the Richland
pool in the early '60s. A girls' swimming cap strap, stretched out to
about three feet in length and suddenly released on a targeted fly on
the wall, resulted in a kill over 50% of the time. By the end of the
summer, the white walls in the life guard office had an amazing pattern
of black, yellow and red "splats" that from a distance looked like
modern art wallpaper.
-Ray Kelly ('63)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
Re: Bugs and Bug Spray
Since we have had 5 cases of West Nile Virus here in Bakersfield and
Kern County, we are using bug repellant with Deet anytime we are
outside where we have to be concerned about standing water. My oldest
daughter and her husband have a pool... the kids have been real
diligent in using bug spray when they are outside in the back yard
playing. We haven't seen any mosquitoes around the pool, so we think
the chemicals and the chlorine probably keep them away, but we still
put the Deet on them.
Pappy----good to hear from you, again. been missing your tales of
the elves---did they go "on the lam"?
As for those blasted black flies----they are horrible here, too, but
nothing is as bad as the deer flies and horse flies that we would
always get bit by when we would go to Minnesota!!!!!! also had to make
sure we had no ticks on us when we came in from playing outside! ugh!
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ we are still having triple digits in
Bakersfield, CA... am soooo ready for cooler weather!!!
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From the new ALL Bomber Alumni GuestBook.
>>From: Lamont Worden ('65)
POSTED: Thursday 08/25/2005 6:02:35pm
COMMENTS: Just a quick note in case the word hasn't been posted here yet:
Our dearly beloved classmate, William Barrington "Chip" Abrams, passed
away peacefully at home in Liberty Lake, WA (just east of Spokane),
last Friday, August 17, surrounded by family & friends, after a valiant
battle against Metastatic Malignant Melanoma.
His funeral services will be at the Liberty Lake Chapel of the LDS
church on this Saturday, August 27. There will be a viewing from 09:00
to 10:30, then the actual services at 11:00. Following the burial,
there will be a gathering (pot-luck, music & open mike to tell
stories/memories about Chip) to celebrate Chip's life.
In lieu of flowers, his family requests you make a donation to "The
Chip Abrams Scholarship Fund", being set up to assist needy students at
the Spokane Community College where Chip taught for 20 years. You can
mail your check to Linda Abrams, 108 N. Wright Blvd., Liberty Lake, WA,
99019.
Directions to the church where the funeral will be held: Get on I-90
heading east, past Spokane, towards Idaho; take the Liberty Lake exit;
go straight ahead, THOUGH the stop light; TURN RIGHT on MOLTER; the
church is on the LEFT side of the road. If you are on I-90 coming FROM
IDAHO & the east, take the Liberty Lake Exit & TURN LEFT at the stop
light; then turn right on Molter & the church is on the left.
If you would like additional information or assistance, please do not
hesitate to contact Lamont Worden at 509-927-7528.
Rest in Peace, dear brother Chip. Your passing has left a great void in
the lives of all who knew & loved you.
-Lamont Worden ('65)
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>>From: Linda McKnight Hoban ('65)
It saddens me that we lost two of our classmates within a week of each
other. Bob Wedberg very, very suddenly, and Chip Abrams a week later
from cancer. I remember Bob's wonderful little shy grin in school, and
at R2K he looked the same as high school with the crew cut and that
same sweet smile. Chip was so much fun in school, and I remember a
whole bunch of us going to church functions together. I have a picture
of the two of us at our 30th Reunion somewhere amongst my keepsakes. I
will always remember what a wonderful person he was to everyone.
Donna Fredette (65) asked me to write about Chip for her, too. They
were friends since grade school. They used to go to church camp
together. She misses him terribly. I will be sending a condolence to
the e-mail address given by Chip's family.
Donna's mom passed away on Monday. Please say prayers for Donna and her
family through this very difficult time for them. If anyone would like
Donna's address, please e-mail me.
Bomber Hugs,
-Linda McKnight Hoban ('65)
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>>From: Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
To: Gary Behymer ('64)
I wondered what became of Bruce Whiteside ('64-RIP). Years ago I knew
his wife before she was his wife, in college. Remember him a little in
high school too. I did not even know he had died. I'm sorry to hear it.
-Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
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>>From: Robin Frister Washburn ('73)
Re: '65 Reunion
Maren,
My sister, Paula Frister ('65), wanted me to ask if or when there will
be a bunch of pictures from the '65 reunion. The memorial was pretty
incredible, but she was pretty sure there was a bunch of pictures they
were putting together.
Thanks,
-Robin Frister Washburn ('73)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/27/05
Dateline: Gretna, LA -- and keeping an eye on Katrina's eye.
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10 Bombers and 1 NAB (I think) sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Jim Jensen ('50)
Laura Dean Kirby ('55), Grover Shegrud ('56)
Terri Royce ('56), George Swan ('59)
Lora Homme ('60), John Adkins ('62)
Susan Nussbaum ('63), Bill Wingfield ('67)
Lyle Personette (NAB, I think)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mark Saucier ('70)
BOMBER ANNIVERSARIES Today:
Jack Sinderson ('53) and Jan Nussbaum ('55)
Ron Holeman ('56) & Leslie Swanson ('59)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: French fries and gravy
To: Ann Pearson Burrows ('50) One of my favorite freshmen.
You never knew of the fries 'n gravy, because you were far too young
to enjoy the best things in life.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Athletes
The Sandstorm of 8/26/05 announced that Gene "Buddy" Keller ('50) had
cause to celebrate - his birthday that is.
Happy birthday to another one of the good guys from the golden class of
1950!!!
During our school years at RHS, 1946-1950, ol' Gene was successful at
essentially any undertaking he chose to pursue: President of the Boys'
Federation (1950), President of the Letterman's Club and Treasurer of
the Associated Student Body (1949), starting guard of the basketball
team (3 years), successful member of the baseball team (3 years)... hit
a home run over the left field wall at Brave's Field as a member of the
Tri-City All-Star Team. He was a conscientious student, well-liked by
his classmates and teachers. Coach Dawald considered Gene to be the
team leader on the floor and relied on Gene's ability to carry out
game plans. Following graduation from college he joined the teaching
profession, served as a principal and finally a position(s?) in
education administration.
Gene's family lived in an "A" House on Thayer Drive just down from
our home at 1603. His sister, Bev ('49), was equally active in
participating in her RHS experience. Mr. Keller was a great supporter
of his family. He could be relied upon to be in the stands cheering for
Gene and all the Bombers. A super family!!
Many more to you, Gene.
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
To: Ken Heminger ('56WB)
Re: Hi-Spot
I believe you are thinking of the Kennewick Social Club. I remember
going there when they let the teens take over a few Saturday nights. I
only got to go a couple of times since it was "out of town" and someone
had to drive there. I remember dancing to "Party Girl" and doing the
"Bunny Hop" in a huge long line. I think that building burned down and
was replaced by the "Shufflers Shanty", a square dance club.
Hi-Spot was located on George Washington Way in the Community Center
building when you would have been attending. Prior to that it was on
Lee Blvd. in the dorms.
Wasn't what is now West Richland once Heminger City and then
Enterprize? You must have owned or at least lived on Heminger road
not far from the old wooden Twin Bridges.
-Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55) ~ In Richland, getting ready for the
big 50 reunion
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>>From: Grover Shegrud ('56)
Re: Hi-Spot
To: Ken Heminger ('56WB)
Ken -- that was the Kennewick Social Club up in the highlands near the
drive-in theaters. They opened up to a teen dance on Saturday nights
at least in 1954 and 1955. Only soda and snacks were served. I met my
first wife there. There was also the club put together by Chick Powel
and his wife in 1952 - 1953 time period, I forgot the name. We met at
Sacajawea grade school and other places. All this separate from the
Hi-Spot.
-Grover Shegrud ('56)
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>>From: Terri Royce Weiner ('56)
To: Bill Berlin ('56)
Bill -- I really appreciate your recommendation of "One Man's
Wilderness." I was born in Fairbanks where my dad was a mining engineer
(before he went nuclear). We left Alaska right after Pearl Harbor and
returned when I was 7 so dad could run a wilderness mining camp for a
summer. It was called Caribou Creek -- and so far out from everything
that my mother radioed into Fairbanks for groceries every week, and
they came via single-engine Stinson. I know there was a bush pilot my
dad thought a whole lot of, whose name was Morris King. Did his
name ever surface in your flying days up there? He was a generation
older than we are, but maybe some stories about him?
Caribou Creek was a wonderful part of my childhood, as it was just my
family, a handful of miners, and a big, tough woman cook named Mary,
who shot a moose one morning and woke all the miners to help chase
him down (ugg!). I spent that summer hanging out with the dogs (now I
wonder how they got out), climbing around the piles of rocks left over
from the dredging, and watching moose and bear from one of the hills.
We could smell the bears, they were so close to the trail my dad and I
took to fish.
Only a single-engine plane could get into Caribou Creek, as it was
mountains on 3 sides, a little, rough river on the fourth, and a tiny
little airstrip that often saw planes tear off through the trees. Once,
a pilot did that and, all the eggs my mom had ordered made it through
without breaking.
I have no idea where Caribou Creek was, but saw its name attached to a
park or reserve a few years ago on a map. Do you know where the hell I
was? When we left at the end of summer, the plane taking us had to land
on skis. It then lost all radar, and had to follow the tree tops back
to Fairbanks. My mother was so shaken, she could hardly board a plane
back to Seattle.
I will order the book immediately. Thanks, again, Bill.
-Terri Royce Weiner ('56) ~ in warm sunny Seattle, where fall weather
comes tomorrow.
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>>From: George "Pappy" Swan ('59)
Re: Flying, Bugs, and the EAC
To: Bill Berlin ('56)
Bill -- I envy your flying experiences in Alaska. In 1970, when I
worked for six months in the Pribilof Islands and Cold Bay, I had
only completed a couple of hours of flight instruction in the lower
48. I met some really interesting and exciting people (and some real
characters) out where the Aleutians begin. Today, they are probably
genuine historical figures in Alaska's past. I got to know some of the
Reeve's family of Reeve Aleutian Airways while out there and rode with
them on flights to and from Anchorage and all the stops on the Alaska
Peninsula in between. In addition, I rode with some U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Pilots on surveys (mostly low-level flights). When I returned
to Washington State, I eventually earned my private pilot's license
(single engine land) and worked on my commercial ticket. I completed
the hours but never did take the written and flight tests. I always
intended to get the float rating but ... With everything else that I
had going on, maybe I just tried to do too much but I still wouldn't
trade the experiences for anything. I turned down a job with the state
of Alaska where I would have worked at a hatchery on Afognak Island.
Instead, I went with the U. S. Government's National Marine Fisheries
Service to work on the Salmon and Steelhead runs and "the passage at
dams" concerns on the Columbia River System. Don't we always wonder,
"What If?" I will look for the book, "One man's Wilderness."
To: My friend, Lora Homme Page ('60)
Lora -- I have found my 10 ga. black powder, double barreled shotgun to
be most effective on pesky flies -- in my garage. If you stand back a
bit, the pattern of shot is quite large and therefore will take out
several of the little pests at one time. Being a front-loading gun, you
can add just about anything that will fit down the muzzle to the load,
such as old leftover nails, nuts, and bolts liberally saturated with
bug spray. Therefore, even if you miss, the resultant cloud of black
powder smoke and bug spray will get them like the old "skeeter
foggers" of our youth. If you have a chance to try this, let me know
how it works. I almost got a shot off in the house but was interrupted
by Mrs. Pappy. Something about her interior decorating? She just failed
to understand my mission.
To: Linda Reining ('64)
Actually, the elves are alive and well but are on hiatus this summer
working as bug control pilots. The puddle is currently dry because they
use it as a landing strip. They fly their little home-built, ultra-
ultra-light planes which are equipped with tiny machine guns and
unguided missiles. As a result, the trees, shrubs, and the entire
exterior of my house and vehicles are all thoroughly riddled and
currently my yard somewhat resembles a war zone. Lowkey is, of course,
squadron leader and has run up an impressive score. However, Lowiq,
true to form, has crashed thirteen times (takeoffs, landings, and just
into the bushes in general). He did achieve the status of "Ace" after
shooting down five -- of his own wingmen. Poor guy, whenever he goes
up, the bugs just seem to fly circles around him but that's not all
bad, as Lowkey is circling above like the "Red Baron" just waiting
for the right opportunity. When Lowiq is finally surrounded by the
distracted enemy bugs, Lowkey noses over and power dives through them.
While avoiding Lowiq's erratic flying he is usually able to take out
several bugs on one pass. When the elves turn on their little fogger
machines that are suspended underneath their tiny planes, the sky
suddenly becomes like a small scale aerobatic show over Pappy's place.
Of course we have to wear some surplus WW II steel helmets and flak
jackets now when outside. I tried a suit of armor once but unbeknownst
to me, Mrs. Pappy turned on the sprinkler and I rusted up and three
hours later she finally cut me out with a can opener.
-George "Pappy" Swan ('59) ~ Burbank, WA ~ Where it is still hot and
uh-oh, another flight of the Elfin Air Corps (the EAC) just
took off. I gotta go man the garden hose on damage control.
Since they began using tiny tracer bullets I'm afraid of losing
my house to a fire for sure.
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>>From: Lora Homme Page ('60)
Re: More About Flies
And now, are you ready? More about flies. I know, get a life, but
anyway... Last night I was here in the office and Mom came in and told
me that a fly had been harassing her and she'd finally trapped it in
the bathroom where it had promptly turned on it's cloaking device and
she couldn't find it. Oh joy, revenge is mine!
She handed me her trusty fly swatter and, opening the door a tiny
crack, I sucked in my gut and slipped in, slamming it behind me. Ha,
now I have you, you nasty little transporter of evil bacteria! I must
flush you out! (Bathroom pun intended.)
I slapped and swished and swatted in every corner, nook, and cranny, to
no avail. Rapidly becoming discouraged, I took a last swish down behind
the stool, and there he came! I took a swing, missed. He landed on that
little chrome pipe, I swatted, couldn't hit him hard enough in those
cramped quarters but he took off again and landed on the wall in the
corner. Whap! He only moved a couple inches, being supremely confident
that I couldn't get up enough smack to do any harm in five inches of
space behind the toilet in a corner. Wrong! I just kept on swatting
like a machine gun: wackwackwackwackwack!! and he fell dead! Lora one,
fly, zero!
I probably won't tool a belt or anything yet, but I'm on my way to
bigger things. Or maybe I should just buy some fly paper and do
something a little more constructive with my time and energy.
0Lora Homme Page ('60) ~ The tights are OK, but the cape cramps my
style, it has to go.
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>>From: John Adkins ('62)
Re: Class of '65 DVDs
All of the pictures are in place - the music is in place - the DVD is
ready to go to the Class of '65. For those of you who have already
ordered, I will send those out in Monday's mail.
For those of who would like to order:
Send me an e-mail that includes your postal mailing address, I will
send you a return e-mail that includes my mailing address, so you can
remit me $10.00 and in the next U.S. postal mail I will send you a DVD.
The disc will run on your TV set through a DVD player or through your
DVD reader on your computer. The program lasts just short of 39
minutes.
-John Adkins ('62)
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>>From: Susan Nussbaum Reeb ('63)
Re: 50th Wedding Anniversary
Happy 50th Anniversary to the greatest sister and brother-in-law a
little (well, younger, anyway) sister could have.
Jan Nussbaum Sinderson ('55) and Jack Sinderson ('53) will be
celebrating their 50th today, August 27. They enjoyed an early
celebration with their kids and grandkids in Hawaii this spring, and
they will be home in Roseville, CA, enjoying their special anniversary
this weekend.
Here's to many more love-filled, fun-filled years, you two!
-Susan Nussbaum Reeb ('63) ~ where retired life is good in Boise, ID
-- home of former basketball star, Tom Tracy ('55)
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>>From: Bill Wingfield ('67)
Re: Favorite Bomber Football Player of All Time?
Big Red, or better known as the guy that put fear in the minds of who
ever was on the other side of the scrimmage line from him. That would
be big John Wingfield ('66). I loved going to Bomber football games
with his Dad, or my Uncle and namesake, Royce Wingfield, along with
Johnny's younger brother, little cousin, Jim Wingfield ('74), to watch
Johnny play. Did I say little cousin? Somehow that doesn't seem right.
As far as I remember, Jimmy always towered over me.
One time we drove in Uncle Royce's '58 Ford station wagon to Yakima
to watch the Bombers play Eisenhower. We don't need to talk about the
score of that game. I seem to recall, that the Bomber defense was on
the field most of the game and since Johnny played defense, we got to
see him a lot on the field. That's what I went to see anyway, along
with the cheerleaders, of course.
Speaking of that who was your favorite cheerleader of all time?
Myra Weihermiller ('67) and Rene Walton ('67) were 2 of my favorites.
-Billy Royce Wingfield (BRC '67) ~ Augusta, GA where it has finally
cooled down enough so that I only go thru 2 T-shirts during
a tennis match.
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>>From: Lyle Personette (NAB, I think)
Someone on your website was asking what happened to Virg Personette…
here is his recent obituary:
Virgil Edgar Personette, born May 7, 1920, in Burlington, CO, passed
away on June 9, 2005. For most of his childhood, Virg lived in Twin
Falls, ID with his parents, James & Nellie Personette, and brothers
Vernon, Edwin and Marlen. Virg was preceded in death by his wife Joan,
and brothers Vernon and Edwin. Virg is survived by his present wife
Madge, brother Marlen, daughter Colleen King, step-sons John & Roger
Gregersen, five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two nephews
and many cousins. Virg graduated from the University of Oregon, and
received his Masters Degree in Music Education at the University of
Idaho. He spent the last 18 years of his teaching career in Richland,
WA as a band instructor, retiring in 1978. Virg was a very talented
musician and first learned to play the harmonica from his Mother at the
age of five. His favorite instruments were the clarinet and saxophone.
Virg enjoyed many wonderful years playing with bands, including the
Shrine and Elks. He loved jazz festivals and "jam sessions" with his
many musical friends. After his retirement in 1978, Virg met and
married Madge in 1983. Together they spent many happy years traveling,
making or listening to music, and enjoying family and friends. A
memorial service for Virg was held at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, June 18th
at the Fircrest Presbyterian Church at 1250 Emerson St. Fircrest, WA.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favorite charity or
to the Fircrest Presbyterian Church.
Published in the News Tribune (Tacoma) on 6/14/2005.
-Lyle Personette (NAB, I think)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/28/05
Dateline: Richland
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Note from Deputy Editor Richard: well, for the whatevereth time
this year, Maren has had to make her escape from New Orleans to
avoid yet another hurricane. (Why ever in the world do people
want to live where they have hurricanes? Seems kinda dumb to
me.) Anyway, she sent me a note saying she is well away from any
possible harm and will await the all-clear to return home where
she can start sorting out the snakes in her house. So, I'll be
putting out the rag for a couple of days. Which means also: Pook
Smith will see his entry which I think is funny and topical and
Richlandy and funny. (Maren sort of doesn't like this kind of
thing, but it's harmless and entirely OK as far I am concerned.)
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Jim McKeown ('53), Mike Clowes ('54)
Deanna Case ('55), Tom Tracy ('55)
Larry Mattingly ('60), Lora Homme ('60)
Pook Smith ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave Henderson ('60WB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary Behymer ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim Felder ('67)
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>>From: Jim McKeown ('53)
Re: Anniversary of Jack and Jan Nussbaum Sinderson: Classes of
'53 and '55.
Happy Anniversary to two special people. Pete Hollick and I
had lunch with Jack on Wednesday, and that bum never mentioned
it. Jack and Jan will be at the Club 40 festivities, and Jan
will be attending her class's 50th. Many have forgotten, with
all of the talk on outstanding basketball players, that Jack was
a starter and outstanding player in the early 50's. He went on
to Pacific Lutheran and played on that national championship
team with Chuck Curtis. I believe Jack started 3 years, and I
believe the coach was Marv Harshman -- later of Wazoo and Husky
fame.
Anyway, Happy Anniversary, and I'll see you two again in a
couple of weeks.
-Jim McKeown ('53) ~ from sunny and warm Sacramento, will be in
Portland tonight [Saturday], hopefully to cool off.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
Re: From the Polls are Just About Closed Dept.
With 98 percent of the precincts reporting; here are your
latest returns:
Class of '45 - 2
Class of '46 - 1
Class of '47 - 5
Class of '48 - 3
Class of '47 - 7
Class of '50 - 1 (but it took the nudgings of a spouse, I'll bet)
Class of '51 - 4
Class of '52 - 22
Class of '53 - 17
Class of '54 - 20
Class of '55 - 84
Class of '56 - 7
Class of '57 - 9
Class of '58 - 12
Class of '59 - 9
Class of '60 - 49
Class of '61 - 4
Class of '62 - 2
Class of '63 - 1
Class of '64 - 0
Class of '65 - 0
Class of '70 - 1
Currently the count stands at 308 Bombers and guests on
Friday night and 231 on Saturday night. So hurry and get your
registrations in before the rates go up.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) ~ From warm Albany, OR
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>>From: Deanna Case Ackerman ('55)
To: Jack ('53) and Jan Nussbaum ('55) Sinderson
Congratulations on your 50th wedding anniversary! You still
seem as happy together as you did over fifty years ago. That's a
wonderful milestone.
See you at the reunion.
-Deanna Case Ackerman ('55)
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>>From: Tom Tracy ('55)
To Susan Nussbaum Reeb ('63):
I join you in saluting classmates who married classmates
from RHS. Jack Sinderson ('53), another of our all-time heroes,
and Janice Nussbaum ('55), a class leader, scholar, and song
leader have a treasury of good memories. Many happy returns.
Still makes me smile when I remember an older man yelling
encouragement to Jack during a basketball game: "Come On Jack!"
His comment was misunderstood by a young lad behind the man who
tapped him on the shoulder bravely and said: "Don't you say
anything bad about Jack Sinderson. He's MY Sunday school
teacher!" Jack had everyone's loyalty and respect. So be careful
if you're tempted to yell at Jack; you never know when someone
might tap you on the shoulder.
It is well known that Susan Nussbaum Reeb ('63) was one of
the top executives at Boise Cascade Corporation. When she
announced that she would retire from Boise Cascade, the board of
directors decided to sell the company. When you know you're
going to lose such an exec and former RHS super-cheerleader;
everything's gotta go! Congratulations Susan.
To Jim Jensen ('50):
Gene Keller ('50) was as good a role model for young kids
as any parent could ask. He was always a gentleman, a first-
class basketball player, and a friend to all he met. He's a
classic Bomber. One of our most famous cheerleaders, Patty
Badger feels the same way. Happy Birthday Gene, from a young kid
whose dad always said after your games: "Now there's another
young man who makes us all proud." We've had decades of those
rolling out of Richland High School. You and so many others set
a good example for all young lads in our community. Many happy
returns.
To Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02):
Thanks for your lists of players. Getting to read some of
them rings the earliest of memories when we moved from Los
Angeles into the Yakima Valley to Prosser and got to see a high
school basketball game. The opponents wore long warm-ups that
looked like golden silk with green stripes and letters, called
themselves Bombers, and dominated the Prosser Mustangs. One
player, Gene Conley, during warmups, performed the first dunk
shot our family ever saw. After seeing that experience and
watching the smooth play of Orville Marcum, Chuck Larabee, and
the super player Junior Williams -- who were all having a good
time -- my brother Bill Tracy ('51), another hero of mine, and I
decided being a Bomber basketball player must be a good deal.
Dad had promised us forests and mountains in 1947 when we
left L.A., but the best jobs seemed to be in the Yakima Valley.
He never warned us about the Sahara sands of eastern Washington
where no one ever complained about not having their own sand
box. Nevertheless we were treated to good friends like Hoyt
Roberts, Bill Leach, Lorin St. John, Loren Claunch, Gloria
Meicenheimer, and Jean Von Krosigh, and a wonderful welcome and
years of fun starting at Marcus Whitman thru RHS.
You remind us of great football at RHS. I used to sneak
down and watch Rish's 1948-51 teams practice. They were
impressive. Seemed like the giants Wilbert Meicenheimer ('49)
and Don Marczyc(sp) and a few others like our own Ted Neth, Tom
Groves, Rufus Garoutte, Dave Forrest, Pete Hollick, and Kevin
Burke ('55) shouldn't have been issued jerseys with numbers;
they should have been required to wear license plates. Must have
been only 50 years ago today that we watched Pete Hollick run
for nearly 100 yards against Wenatchee; Ted Neth and Denny
Olson(RIP) smashing Wenatchee's QB, separating him from the ball
and Ted Neth alertly recovering the ball in the end zone. Chuck
Curtis and I had the best view -- managing the first down chain.
Lots of good games. We all admired every player who spent the
time practicing, managing our equipment, and playing on our
teams. How we loved our bands, cheerleaders, songleaders, and
drill teams! Few know how they inspired us all. RHS was loaded
with super talented musicians. Many will gather next week to
help embellish the memory of '55: spudnuts, good music, the best
friends you could ever find, and cool summer nights. As I recall
Jan Barker and Lowell Hansen were two of the very best at
dancin'.
To Maren:
Re: In New Orleans It's Life Jacket & Seat Belt Time!
We know you can bring in a Good Sandstorm, but a hurricane
is a bit much. Take the Nawlins' HIGH GROUND. As The Saints Go
Marchin OUT!. If you leave late, it's LIFEJACKETS FOR EVERYONE
IN THE CAR!!! Be safe. Come back soon. Hope all's well and
the 'creek don't rise.'
-Tom Tracy ('55)
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>>From: Larry Mattingly ('60)
Re: Flys and fries
Here I am stuck in Alaska for 3 weeks doing several
displays for the State Fair and the City Of Houston Founders
Day. I have only 3 days between gigs to explore as I please;
tough work but I enjoy it. Actually I have made many friends up
here and we have a great time. So far this trip I have seen
several moose, one trophy sized bull from about 50 feet. Wow, he
was BIG. I bagged a large bull moose many years ago hunting on a
special draw in northern Canada. This one was way bigger. We
just stood there looking at each other, but when I opened the
car door to get the camera he turned into the brush and
disappeared. We also ran across a grizzly sow and 2 cubs while
hiking, but she barked and started toward us and we carefully
backed on outa there. We were like 100 feet when we stopped and
as soon as we started to back up she growled and woofed but
didn't come any further. All 4 of us just kept walking backwards
until we were out of sight, and then turned and went back to the
car. I am staying in a house in Anchorage only a few blocks from
where a man was attacked by a sow with 1 cub a couple of days
ago. Fortunately she just knocked him down and scratched him up
a bit then left. I saw a picture of him in the paper, ugly
scratches but he will recover OK.
As to French fries and gravy. Having traveled extensively
in Canada doing a couple of hundred fireworks shows over the
years all across that country, I am well acquainted with fries
and gravy. More often then not that is the way they serve them
up there. I actually got used to it and it wasn't all that bad.
Nowadays I try to avoid fries as a matter of weight control;
some days even that is hopeless.
Like most, I hate flies. I do a lot of shows and special
effects at fairgrounds and rodeos. There are always flies.
Sometimes a lot of them. Skitters don't bother me all that much,
but I hate flies. Had one in the car the other day. Up and down
the windshield right in my vision. Then around my head and back
to the window. Soon as I opened the window to shoo him out he
goes to the other side of the car. Then back around my face
laughing at me after I put the window up. I have an appointment
with a prospective client and no time to stop and kill him. But
the contest goes on 10, 20, 30 miles of torment. Traffic was
heavy going through the Wasilla construction zone so I had to
put up with him. Finally just as I was pulling into a parking
place to meet the prospect, he flew over to my side window and
asked to be let out. I pushed the down button and out he went
without even saying thanks for the ride.
"Happiness is the sky in bloom"
-J Larry Mattingly ('60) ~ Off for a walk in the hills in the
sunshine. The other night doing fireworks I could have
almost drowned standing up.
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>>From: Lora Homme Page ('60)
Re: Flies, Damn Flies
Thanks to all of you who have sent me suggestions for
tracking and killing flies; I will give them a try. However,
Pappy, I don't believe I would try the muzzle loader shotgun
even if I owned one. I'm with Mrs. Pappy, I'm afraid, since
flies frequently wind up landing on a window, it would be pretty
hard on the window even if I didn't shoot a neighbor.
I read somewhere a while ago, though, that if you come at a
fly from two directions, he is so confused that he doesn't know
which way to dart so just sits there, paralyzed by indecision
while you dispatch him at your leisure. So I tried it. Ha!
Here I am creeping forward, both arms raised and
outstretched, clutching fly swatters, eyeball to eyeball with
The Fly. He's just sitting there having a little snackipoo in a
drip of caramel syrup, watching me with what I'm sure was an
expression of pure incredulity in every one of the facets of his
buggy little eyes. When I finally got close enough to strike, I
paused for a moment, suffering a little confusion as to what to
do next myself, and he lazily lifted off and LANDED ON MY
FOREHEAD! Ahhhhrrrggghhh!
I hate flies! They are so arrogant! I think I will paper my
walls with flypaper! ..... Well, that was a disgusting thought,
wasn't it?
Enough about flies; could I borrow the bug patrol, Pappy?
-Lora Homme Page ('60)
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>>From: Pook Smith ('63)
Re: Bomber basketball trivia
In a huddle I asked Gary Webb if his itched and he replied,
"No. But do yours itch?" Ray Juricich had no sense of humor and
I was benched for that quarter; but, mine did not ITCH.
-Pook Smith ('63)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/29/05
Dateline: Richland
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7 Bombers and one NAB sent stuff:
Ann Clatworthy ('54), Laura Dean Kirby ('55)
Susan Nussbaum ('63), Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Linda Reining ('64), Betti Avant ('69)
Ruth Russell ('71), Nick Burton (NAB)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judy Crose ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bonnie Webb ('59)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David Gilbert ('61)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Anita Fravala ('73)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brenda Belcher ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kristi Strege ('00)
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>>From: Ann Clatworthy '54 (Ray Weyerts ('53-RIP) Hogshead
Re: Triple Teen Club
To: Grover Shegrud ('56):
Chick Powell's club for teens was called the Triple Teen
Club: thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen year olds, the ones left
out at Hi Spot. I attended for several years and enjoyed the
leadership training Chick, a police officer, provided. He was an
excellent leader, a veteran of WWII who married a lovely British
"war bride". Their daughter "Rainey" reads the Sandstorm and we
have corresponded. Chick taught us how to dance and behave,
providing a haven for those awkward ages. He is well remembered.
To: Lois Harrold ('55)
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY (August 19th) to my cousin-in-law
Lois Weyerts.
-Ann Clatworthy '54 (Ray Weyerts RIP '53) Hogshead
Fort Valley VA where we are waiting for the results of Katrina
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>>From: Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
Re: Fifty Years
Now the grads of fifty five are coming alive. I see a few
more names added to the list each day for our big celebration.
I congratulate Jack Sinderson and Jan Nussbaum on fifty
years of marriage. I was there with you in my pink veleveteen
dress as a bridesmaid. So happy for both of you.
Tom Tracy, you will certainly be missed at our big fiftieth
reunion. It is obvious that you could have entertained us well.
Duty calls instead.
Eager to see my classmates as we celebrate on September
10th.
-Laura Dean Kirby Armstrong ('55)
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>>From: Susan Nussbaum Reeb ('63)
To: Tom Tracy ('55)
Tom, you give me way too much credit. I must set the record
straight. I worked WITH and FOR Boise Cascade execs for 33
years, but I never was one. It's tough for this long-time BC
employee to watch the changes at the company that once was. Part
of it has become OfficeMax, and the other part is undergoing
tremendous downsizing and is apparently for sale. My friends who
still work there tell me that I retired at a very good time. I
must agree . . . although I miss the environment and the people
(not to mention the benefits!) every time I drive by the BC
building. One of the best benefits of retirement? Watching the
neighbors leave for work as I'm reading my Sandstorm early every
morning!
-Susan Nussbaum Reeb ('63) ~ from Boise, where the forecasted
high is 95 degrees today and just 78 degrees on
Tuesday. Yea!)
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[Ooopsie on me! I forgot to include Maren's entry in yesterday's
Sandstorm. Bad Deputy Editor! Bad, bad Deputy Editor!! Anyway,
here it is. -Richard]
>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Dateline: Gretna, LA
8/27/05 7pm
Getting ready to shut down the computer and do final
packing as we're evacuating in the next couple of hours. I'll
check my email, but I'm depending on Richard to get the 8/28
Sandstorm out -- and maybe the 29th, too?? I'll be in touch..
Bomber cheers,
-Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To Tom Tracy ('55):
You mentioned Wilbert Meicenheimer ('49) in the Sandstorm
on the 28th; do you know where he went after graduating? Reason
I am asking; while my youngest daughter was going to college to
earn her teaching degree she worked as a pre-school teacher for
five years for a Donna Meicenheimer here in Bakersfield, CA.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ still having triple digits and more
predicted for the rest of the week! arghhhhh
[But not even close to the "arghhhhh" of having triple-digit
winds! Category 5 hurricanes are BAD news. -Richard]
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Maren,
I hope there aren't too many snakes to sort (if any, that
is). I remember playing in a vacant field next to my
grandmother's apartment with my brothers. We picked up a rock
and there was a snake. I don't know what kind it was (a rattler
perhaps). Well, to make a long story short, my brothers took off
running faster than I did. I wanted to stay and find out what
kind it was, but didn't. I finally caught up with them at the
edge of the field and no, the snake wasn't on my heels. Days of
playing in Richland where there were a lot of vacant fields that
now have houses and apartments in them.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Lacey, WA, where it is lots cooler today
and supposed to rain Monday.
[Ah Betti, you're not in Kansas anymore; just wait
until November rolls around. heh heh -Richard]
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>>From: Ruth Russell ('71)
Re: the fly issue
I always heard that flies take off straight up, and it
seems to be true, as I almost infallibly (albeit disgustingly)
can kill them with my bare hands this way if they come close
enough. My youngest daughter has developed the same skill using
this technique, not that it's one we particularly brag about.
Now if we could only get rid of all the yellow jackets that seem
to be swarming in our yard.
Re: fifties Bombers athletes
I was tickled to read about Loren Claunch and Ted Neth the
other day. Being older, Loren knew my sister, Edna ('65) better
than he knew ever me, but he still was like family to me.
Loren's parents, Ralph and Mabel, lived next to my family on
Thayer Drive, and his mom was a surrogate grandmother over the
years to my daughters and me, as well as a wonderful friend to
my parents. I just wish she had lived long enough to get to know
my grandson Gage in the same way. She was one of those people,
that after knowing them for twenty or thirty years, you can't
think of a single moment when they weren't kind and caring. She
grew beautiful roses in her front yard, but it is no exaggeration
to say that her life and ways exuded even more fragrance and
beauty than her beloved garden. It broke my dad's heart when we
lost her soon after my mom died -- of all their friends, I think
he respected her the most.
And Ted Neth was an inspiration to me in the Art Department
at CBC, as well as getting me my first art commission. A very
talented man, Mr. Neth.
-Ruth Russell ('71)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/30/05
Dateline: Richland
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6 Bombers sent stuff:
Bill Berlin ('56), Derrith Persons ('60WB)
Helen Cross ('62), Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Vicki Schrecengost ('67), Shelley Williams ('84)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy Hoff ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patty O'Neil ('65)
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
Re: Maren and New Orleans
If you have never been to NO you have no idea of just how
much of a problem hurricane Katrina really is. Below sea level
and more or less surrounded by water, NO is protected by a lot
of levees, or what we used to call dikes in Richland. If you
have never been in a hurricane, even a little one, the
experience is awesome, so when I see all of these pictures of NO
on TV my thoughts and prayers go out to Maren and her family
because they are right in the middle of all of this mess.
Two daughters and four grandkids arrive today. The Princess
and the three Rat Brothers are here for five days and we have a
bunch of stuff planned for them. Speaking of airplanes, my son-
in-law just bought a Citation V so that is the way they are
coming in to the Anacortes airport. May try to con a ride on
that job whilst they are here.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ in Anacortes, WA where we got a really good
rain all last night and my golf course size yard is
loving it.
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>>From: Derrith Persons Dean ('60WB)
Its that time again!!
What? - Lunch - what else??
Who? - Class of '60
When? - Saturday, September 3rd!!
Time? - 11:30 am
Where? - 3 Margaritas, 627 Jadwin, Richland
Come on ..... lets talk!
-Derrith Persons Dean ('60WB)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from the home of another Bomber -- Carol Rice
Forister ('62) -- in Kansas City, Kansas! Warren and I have been
visiting her and her husband Gary for a few days, and Carol and
I are enjoying reminiscing. We have especially enjoyed looking
at the book about the Alphabet Houses built in Richland, and
both of us didn't know we were raised in Y houses, instead of
ranch houses! I finally got to visit the CREHST museum and the
lovely Howard Amon park when I was there a few weeks ago.
I had a real fun night as the guest of Elsie Walker, my 90+
year old former neighbor on Olympia Street, where she still has
one of the original wardrobes in her house. (I had forgotten
about them, as we had replaced them years ago in our ranch home
across the street.) Her son Jim Walker ('67 I think) was also
home visiting his mom, so we had a good catch-up visit of years
too. He lives in Issaquah now, and I had forgotten he had
visited me in Cincinnati in maybe l976 when he lived in
Lexington for a few years.
It's been a great trip. I have enjoyed getting together
with so many friends and family I don't get to see often enough
along the way. Wish I could have included more, but I am getting
older and slower as I go. But I must admit I am ready to return
to my house by the little lake in West Harrison, Ohio.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Re: Hurricane Katrina
I'm still at my sister Julie's ('69WB) north of Baton
Rouge. A couple of trees blew down here... my son-in-law and his
dad already got the chain saw and made fast work of cleaning up
the downed trees.
Looks like we'll be here for at least another day -- maybe
more -- the state police aren't letting anybody back just yet
because there's no power, etc., etc., etc.
We heard from one of our neighbors (who stayed there) that
our houses (mine and my daughter's) are OK and apparently not
even under water; but, still suspect there is no power so we'll
wait until the authorities tell us it's OK to return before
heading back.
The power was off here most of the day, but came back on
and has stayed on since about 9pm, so that's more than a lot of
folks in this part of the country have right now.
Bomber cheers,
-Maren Smyth ('63 & '64) ~ hangin' out at my sister's for a
little while longer.
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>>From: Vicki Schrecengost ('67)
Re: Books
Now that son #1's wedding is behind us, I am ready to take
up books once again. The mention of "One Man's Wilderness" is a
great start. Does anyone else have a recommendation for a "must-
read" book? "Freakonomics" is definitely on the list, as is "A
Cheating Culture". I am open to most every genre.
-Vicki Schrecengost ('67)
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>>From: Shelley Williams Robillard ('84)
Re: Hurricane Katrina
I pop onto MSN tonight and the picture that pops up is a
man in Gretna surveying his living room's lack of walls. I think
to myself, "Gretna, that sounds familiar! Oh Maren, I'm so glad
you went somewhere safe." Hopefully you won't have too many
snakes to sort out when you get home.
God Bless,
-Shelley Williams Robillard ('84)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/31/05
Dateline: Richland
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9 Bombers sent stuff:
Betty Hiser ('49), Patti Jones ('60)
John Adkins ('62), Peg Sheeran ('63)
Maren Smyth ('63 & '64), Linda Reining ('64)
David Rivers ('65), Anna Durbin ('69)
Jason Allan ('72)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill Lattin ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: George Stephens ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Howard Kirz ('60)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Donna Kirz ('68)
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>>From: Betty Hiser Gulley ('49)
Maren:
Have been watching Good Morning America for the past 2 days
and their entire programs are on Katrina. I can just imagine
Peter Jennings is up there looking down and wishing he were
doing the announcing on Katrina. Our prayers are with you,
Maren, your family, and all of the people who have been or will
be harmed by the storm.
-Betty Hiser Gulley ('49er) ~ south/government Richland. Weather
has cooled just a little.
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>>From: Patti Jones Ahrens ('60)
and Vera Smith Robbins ('58)
Re: ALL BOMBER LUNCHEON Richland
Yes, the luncheon will be Club-40 weekend. We will still go
ahead with the luncheon as there are Bombers who come to the
luncheon that are not eligible for Club-40. Also it is a great
time and place for Club-40 Bombers to have lunch during the
events of the weekend.
Reservations must be made by September 8, 2005. Email Patti
or Vera. Reservations can also be made by phone. Call
Vera 509-628-9130 or Patti 509-967-9309.
WHEN: Saturday September 10, 2005
WHERE: JD Diner, 3790 Van Giesen, West Richland, WA 99353
Used to be Coney Island
(Light green building just past the Yakima River bridge
heading west from Richland)
TIME: 1:00 P.M.
PRICE: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served all day.
Prices range from $4.50 - $13.95
(add drink, tax, and tip)
Bomber spouses and friends are welcome! Looking forward to
also seeing out-of-town Bomber visitors.
Bombers Have Fun
-Patti Jones Ahrens ('60) and Vera Smith Robbins ('58)
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>>From: John Adkins ('62)
Re: DVD Available for the Class of '65's 40th Reunion
With nearly 180 pictures and 39 minutes of DVD display, the
40th Reunion DVD is available to the Class of 1965.
To obtain your copy, send me an email that includes your
postal [snail mail] mailing address and any special directions
(such as more than one DVD; or, send it to my sister Sue; or,
something). I will send the DVD out in the next day's mail, and
will respond to you with my [snail mail] mailing address so you
can send me the $10.00 (which is the cost of the DVD - including
mailing).
-John Adkins ('62)
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>>From: Peg Sheeran Finch ('63)
Tell us what you need, Maren.
Love,
-Peg Sheeran Finch ('63)
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>>From: Maren Smyth ('63 & '64)
Re: Hurricane Katrina
I figure everybody is pretty much sick of Katrina news
coverage so I'll keep this short... maybe.
What I want everyone to know as you watch all the flooding
in New Orleans is that we live in Gretna, LA -- which is on the
WEST bank of the Mississippi River. All the flooding you've seen
on your TV set is on the EAST bank. Part of Jefferson Parish is
on the east bank and part is on the west bank. All that east
bank flooding is BETWEEN where I am now and Gretna.
Richard Anderson ('60) found this on CNN.com yesterday (the
30th):
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Tim Whitmer, chief administrative officer of Jefferson Parish,
which includes part of metropolitan New Orleans, said parish
President Aaron Broussard had ordered the parish off-limits
until next week.
"Jefferson Parish is closed," he said. "It's just not a place to be."
"We're hoping to allow citizens to return by 6 a.m. Monday with
a picture ID," he said. "But they have to realize they're going
to return to major, major problems."
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Sooooooo, it looks like we'll be here for a little while
longer and Richard will be editing the Sandstorm for a while
longer.
Who is "we"?? Well, there's me, my daughter, my son-in-law,
my two DARLIN' granddaughters (that you can see at http://ForeverAbby.com, my son-in-law's parents and
grandmother, and my daughter's grandmother. That's NINE extra
people staying at my sister Julie's ('69WB) house north of Baton
Rouge and we're all just kinda hanging out. We've heard (and
seen on TV) some folks who were turned back when they tried to
return, so we'll wait for the state police to tell us it's OK to
return... who knows when that will be???
I lived down here for Hurricane Betsy in 1965 and for
Hurricane Camille in 1969 (lost EVERYTHING to Camille). I heard
somebody say today, "You take Betsy and Camille. Add them
together and double them and Katrina was worse." I think they're
right, even though I don't think I've lost everything like I did
for Camille. I'd really rather NOT have added Katrina to the
hurricanes I've been thru. And hurricane "season" doesn't end
till 11/30!!!
I'll try to keep everybody posted, but you can probably see
more on TV than you'll get here.
Oh, we got some pretty heavy winds here at my sister's. Two
of her trees blew over, but my son-in-law and his dad got out
the chain saw and made quick work of the tree clean up. No other
damage here.
To Frank Whiteside ('63):
I got your email on the 27th that you were going to
evacuate and hope you're reading the Sandstorm as you wait to
return. I'm watching for news of where you live, but haven't
seen anything specific yet. MOST of the national news is either
the Mississippi Gulf Coast or New Orleans. Keep your fingers
crossed and give my best to Linda.
OK, so maybe this wasn't so short... OH WELL!
Bomber cheers,
-Maren Smyth ('63 & '64) ~ still hangin' out
north of Baton Rouge
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
re:Hurricane Katrina
had a phone message from Frank Whiteside---said that they had
left New Orleans and gone to Oberland in SW Louisiana. he said
New Orleans was totally closed and there was debris everywhere.
he asked about Maren---I tried to call and let him know that she
was okay in Baton Rouge and that she had written to the
Sandstorm a few times, but couldn't get through. he said there
is debris and destruction everywhere and they aren't even sure
when they will be allowed to return home---he sounded so "down".
said there is no electricity and he isn't even sure if there
house will be there when they return. according to what they
show on TV, New Orleans is completely under water. can't even
imagine how hard this must be on all those living in the Gulf
States at this time. I will try to call him, again, tomorrow,
and if I am successful in getting through, will post another
message from him. he wanted everyone on the Sandstorm to know
that they were okay and also wanted a message relayed to Maren.
we all need to keep our prayers and thoughts going out to those
in "harm's way" and to count our blessings that all we have to
complain about is the blasted heat, black flies, and skeeters
that are currently "bugging" us.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ cooled down to 98 in Bakersfield,
California today.
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Where does the time go??????
All I did was leave town for a couple of days and I managed to
miss three...count em three VERY important birthdays....these
three Bombers are very special to me...and each of them only
celebrates their birthday once a year unlike Johnny Crigler
('64) who has been celebrating two for who knows how long....The
first guy ('64) was born on August 26th...he married one of my
favorite ladies (it didn't take but hey...) he provides me with
endless joy in reliving "The Fight"...ah yes...the
fight....Terry Davis ('65) never tires of reliving that infamous
event even tho it took place over 40 years ago! I hear from the
ex that the birthday boy still has flashbacks himself...
The second guy ('64 born on the 28th) is the owner of perhaps
the most bomber memorabilia in the history of the world. He
can't live in Richland because they don't allow storage
facilities large enough for his collection on residential
lots...not matter how many acres the lot contains...he also
keeps me advised of all the cast off stuff on ebay that he
doesn't want and talked me into buying an Album of music by
Kippy Lou ('62)...but since he keeps me up on grain prices I
can't complain...
Last but not least is one of the most energetic and wonderful
ladies ('64 born on the 30th) I've ever had the pleasure of
knowing...and Yes...she knew Heidlebaugh ('65) even before i
did....she has put more into Bomberdom than most of us will ever
be able to...Not that she didn't have help...but she was the
backbone behind so many wonderful affairs...no not
affairs...well yes affairs but not those kind of affairs...you
know...Bomber affairs...hmmmmmmmmm that doesn't sound right
either...but she was one of the first girls I ever met at Col-Hi
around the first day of school....Warford ('65) knew all the
girls and he introduced us around that first day...I was madly
in love...but I was so young and inexperienced...oh woe is
me.....
So...here goes: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RICHARD TWEDT, GARY BEHYMER
AND KATHY HOFF CONRAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Anna Durbin ('69)
Dear Maren:
Thanks so much for letting us know that you are okay! It
sounds like it will be a lot of work for people to clean up and
get back to normal. I sent my donation to the Red Cross to help,
and I hope a lot of Bombers will do the same. Good luck in
getting back soon and finding things not too bad. And stay away
from gators and snakes.
Love,
-Anna Durbin ('69)
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From the new ALL Bomber Alumni GuestBook
>>From: Jason Allan ('72)
POSTED: Monday 08/29/2005 11:13:40pm
COMMENTS: help locating Dan Ham 72? wallaby and jack? i read an
entry from dan ham 72 about his uncle being the host of the 60's
kids show Wallaby and Jack out of spokane WA. i would really
like to get a hold of dan about that show, if anyone could help
connect us it would be greatly appreciated!! or if anyone has
any knowledge of that show drop me a line. thanks.
-Jason Allan ('72)
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